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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2026

Metagenomic Assembly and Gene Prediction.

Bo Li, Xue Yang, Tongyi Zhao, Jiying Xu, Qiyu Meng, Qidong Yin, Yanting Zou

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Bo LiGuangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. libo01@gdut.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7568-9880
Xue YangGuangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Tongyi ZhaoGuangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Jiying XuGuangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Qiyu MengGuangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Qidong YinSchool of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-5397
Yanting ZouGuangzhou eDNAmega Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metagenomic assembly and gene prediction connect quality-controlled reads to downstream microbiome analyses. This chapter outlines core assembly strategies, including per-sample versus co-assembly and short-read versus hybrid approaches, and highlights key parameters and metrics for evaluating assembly quality. Gene prediction from contigs and the construction of nonredundant gene catalogs are introduced as fundamental steps for representing community coding potential. The resulting contigs and gene sets provide essential input for metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) reconstruction, as well as taxonomic and functional annotation in subsequent chapters.

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Computational BiologyMetagenomeMetagenomicsContig MappingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMolecular Sequence AnnotationPrediction AlgorithmsSequence Analysis, DNASoftwareContigGene predictionHybrid sequencingMetagenomic assembly

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