metavizr

metavizr provides interactive exploratory analysis of annotated microbiome taxonomic community profiles derived from marker gene sequencing or whole metagenome shotgun sequencing.

Key Features:

• Interactive visualization: Dynamic visualizations for exploring hierarchical taxonomic feature structures in metagenomic profiles.
• Bioconductor integration: Supports Bioconductor data structures to integrate with Bioconductor analysis workflows.
• Input data types: Operates on annotated taxonomic community profiles derived from marker gene sequencing and whole metagenome shotgun sequencing.
• Public data access: Accesses the UMD Metagenome Browser web service providing data from over 7,000 microbiomes from published studies.

Scientific Applications:

• Microbial community profiling: Exploration and organization of taxonomic community profiles to study microbial community structure and dynamics.
• Phenotype association studies: Analysis of associations between microbial community profiles and health or disease phenotypes.
• Integrative analysis of public datasets: Comparative or integrative analyses using publicly available metagenomes from the UMD Metagenome Browser.

Methodology:

Implements dynamic visualization of hierarchical taxonomic features, integrates Bioconductor data structures, and accesses the UMD Metagenome Browser for public metagenomic datasets.