View source for MG-RAST

{{Bioinformatics application
|sw summary=MG-RAST is a fully-automated service for annotating metagenome samples providing analysis tools for comparison
|sw veresion=
|bio domain=Metagenomics, Phylogenetics, Metabolic reconstruction,
|bio method=Annotation
|bio tech=Sanger, 454, Ion Torrent, PacBio, Illumina
|created at=Argonne National Laboratory
|maintained=Yes
|input format=FASTA, FASTQ, (Compressed) FASTA, (Compressed) FASTQ, SFF
|output format=BIOM, FASTA
|language=Perl, C, GO, JavaScript, Python
|os=UNIX
}}
== Description ==
<!-- Describe the application in the space below --> 

MG-RAST is actively maintained at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago. It has over 12,000 users and has been used for over 95,000 metagenomic data sets.

MG-RAST provides:
* comprehensive normalization of sequences (e.g. identification of errors, bar codes etc)
* prediction of features for prokaryotic sequences (protein and rRNA features only)
* annotation of sequences (assembled and raw reads, minimum length is 75bp)
* their phylogenetic classification,
* metabolic reconstructions and
* comparison tools
* a comprehensive API
* data publication



<!-- -->
{{Links}}
{{References}}
{{Link box}}