• Taxonomic Classification
• Contaminant Removal
• Metagenome Assembly
• MetaGenome Gene Prediction
• Functional Annotation with EggNOG
• Comparative Analysis
• rRNA Removal with SortMeRNA

Introduction

Metagenomics is a still-evolving field and the experimental design, used tools and pipelines depend highly on the question at hand. This chapter explains the possibilities and features of the metagenomics module in OmicsBox.

Additional Resources

Metagenomic Analysis use case: https://www.biobam.com/metagenomic-analysis-of-two-soda-lakes-with-and-without-cyanobacterial-bloom-with-omicsbox/ .

Metagenomics Example Dataset: Download