The marker gene-based taxonomic profiling tool mOTUs has undergone a major update and its associated database has also been updated. A new API allows access to the database.
mOTUs version 4.1.0 is a major update to the marker gene-based taxonomic profiling tool mOTUs. The source code is available on GitHub. Annotation and taxonomy files used to assign taxonomic and functional descriptions to marker genes and species-level operational taxonomic units are now distributed with the mOTUs profiler tool.
The associated mOTUs genome database has also been updated. Key features and updates are:
Expanded Database: Added 150,000 genomes targeting underrepresented ecological environments.
Improved Annotation Access: Smoother integration between the database and the tool - users access all sequence and annotation files of the database through the tool.
Threshold Adjustments: The motus classify command which assigns taxonomic units to user-provided genomes now outputs the closest mOTU even when the sequence identity falls below the 96.5% cut-off.
External Links: Links to MicrobeAtlas are provided in the mOTU table.
Version 4.1 of mOTUs-db comes with an API that allows automated access to genomic information stored in the database. No API key is required, and every response is either a JSON document or a downloadable file.
Questions? Contact the mOTUs team.
