A Practical Approach to Using the Genomic Standards Consortium MIxS Reporting Standard for Comparative Genomics and Metagenomics.
Emiley A Eloe-FadroshChristopher John MungallMark Andrew MillerMontana L SmithSujay Sanjeev PatilJulia M KelliherLeah Y D JohnsonFrancisca E RodriguezPatrick S G ChainBin HuMichael B ThorntonLee Ann McCueAlice Carolyn McHardyNomi L HarrisT B K ReddySupratim MukherjeeChristopher I HunterRamona L WallsLynn M SchrimlPublished in: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2024)
Comparative analysis of (meta)genomes necessitates aggregation, integration, and synthesis of well-annotated data using standards. The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) collaborates with the research community to develop and maintain the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS) reporting standard for genomic data. To facilitate the use of the GSC's MIxS reporting standard, we provide a description of the structure and terminology, how to navigate ontologies for required terms in MIxS, and demonstrate practical usage through a soil metagenome example.