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ReviewmSystems2026

2Pipe starts with a question: matching you with the correct pipeline for MAG reconstruction.

Jeferyd Yepes-García, Laurent Falquet

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Review in mSystems, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jeferyd Yepes-GarcíaDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3278-3332
Laurent FalquetDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8102-7579

Funding

Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole-genome sequencing has boosted our ability to explore microbial diversity by enabling the recovery of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) directly from environmental DNA. As a result, the vast availability of sequencing data has prompted the development of numerous bioinformatics pipelines for MAG reconstruction, along with challenges to identify the most suitable pipeline to perform the analysis according to the user needs. This report briefly discusses the computational requirements of these pipelines; presents the variety of interfaces, workflow managers, and package managers they feature; and describes the typical modular structure. Also, it provides a compacted technical overview of 41 publicly available pipelines or platforms to build MAGs starting from short and/or long sequences. Moreover, recognizing the overwhelming number of factors to consider when selecting an appropriate pipeline, we introduce an interactive decision-support web application, 2Pipe, that helps users to identify a suitable workflow based on their input data characteristics, desired outcomes, and computational constraints. The tool presents a question-driven interface to customize the recommendation, a pipeline gallery to offer a summarized description, and a pipeline comparison based on key factors used for the questionnaire. Beyond this and foreseeing the release of novel pipelines in the near future, we include a quick form and detailed instructions for developers to append their workflow in the application. Altogether, this review and the application equip the researchers with a general outlook of the growing metagenomics pipeline landscape and guide the users toward deciding the workflow that best fits their expectations and infrastructure.

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Computational BiologyMetagenomeMetagenomicsSoftwareWhole Genome SequencingWorkflowmetagenome-assembled genomemetagenomicspipeline benchmarkingworkflow manager

Identifiers

PMID41609375
PMCPMC12915991

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