About MGnify
The MGnify resource
Microbiome research involves the study of all genomes present within a specific environment. The approach can provide unique insights into the complex processes performed by environmental micro-organisms and their relationship to their surroundings, to each other, and, in some cases, to their host.
MGnify offers an automated pipeline for the analysis and archiving of microbiome data to help determine the taxonomic diversity and functional & metabolic potential of environmental samples. Users can submit their own data for analysis or freely browse all of the analysed public datasets held within the repository. In addition, users can request analysis of any appropriate dataset within the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA). User-submitted or ENA-derived datasets can also be assembled on request, prior to analysis.
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Cite us
To cite MGnify, please refer to the following publication:
EBI Metagenomics in 2017: enriching the analysis of microbial communities, from sequence reads to assemblies. Nucleic Acids Research (2017) doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx967
More publications
Alex Mitchell, Francois Bucchini, Guy Cochrane, Hubert Denise, Petra ten Hoopen, Matthew Fraser, Sebastien Pesseat, Simon Potter, Maxim Scheremetjew, Peter Sterk and Robert D. Finn (2015).
EBI metagenomics in 2016 - an expanding and evolving resource for the analysis and archiving of metagenomic data. Nucleic Acids Research (2015) doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv1195
Sarah Hunter, Matthew Corbett, Hubert Denise, Matthew Fraser, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, Christopher Hunter, Philip Jones, Rasko Leinonen, Craig McAnulla, Eamonn Maguire, John Maslen, Alex Mitchell, Gift Nuka, Arnaud Oisel, Sebastien Pesseat, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Maxim Scheremetjew, Peter Sterk, Daniel Vaughan, Guy Cochrane, Dawn Field and Susanna-Assunta Sansone (2013).
EBI metagenomics - a new resource for the analysis and archiving of metagenomic data. Nucleic Acids Research (2013) doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt961
Funding
Present
The MGnify resource is supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [grant references BB/M011755/1 and BB/N018354/1]], the European Commission within the Research Infrastructures programme of Horizon 2020 [grant agreement number 676559] (ELIXIR-EXCELERATE) and InnovateUK (project reference 102513). Funding for open access charge: Research Councils UK (RCUK).
Past
The MGnify resource was initiated by funding from EMBL. It continues to be developed with support from EMBL and additional funding has been gratefully received from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC grant BB/I02612X/1 and BB/M011755/1) and the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7 grant MICROB3).