Elviz

Elviz visualizes assembled metagenomes and integrates sequence data, assembly metadata, and annotations to support genome- and community-level analyses of microbial communities.

Key Features:

• Interactive Visualization: Plots parameters such as GC content, relative abundance, phylogenetic affiliation, and contig length for assembled metagenomes.
• Navigation and Filtering: Provides search functions, filters, axis selection, and interactive plot exploration for targeted data interrogation.
• Drill-Down to Gene Annotations: Enables transition from whole-community profiles to detailed individual gene annotations and contig-level inspection.
• Integration with Public Datasets: Supports exploration of user-submitted datasets and publicly available metagenome studies hosted by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI).

Scientific Applications:

• Metagenome assembly exploration: Visual examination of assembled contigs and associated metadata to characterize microbial community composition.
• Genome- and community-level analyses: Identification of abundance patterns, phylogenetic affiliations, and contig-specific properties such as GC content and length.
• Comparative metagenomics: Comparative studies across datasets, including public JGI metagenome projects, for ecological and functional comparisons.
• Hypothesis generation and interpretation: Visual pattern identification to support formulation and evaluation of hypotheses about microbial diversity, function, and ecology.

Methodology:

Integrates assembled contigs, sequence data, assembly metadata, and annotations using advanced visualization techniques to enable interactive plotting of GC content, relative abundance, phylogenetic affiliation, and contig length with search and filtering capabilities.