MGX

MGX provides a client/server framework for analysis of shotgun metagenome sequencing data to characterize taxonomic composition and functional potential of microbial communities.

Key Features:

• Flexible Analysis Workflows: Adaptable workflows implemented with the Conveyor workflow engine to perform taxonomic, functional, and statistical analyses on shotgun metagenomes.
• Customizable Pipelines: Integration of user data sources and support for constructing custom analysis pipelines within the framework.
• Comprehensive Taxonomic and Functional Analysis: A default taxonomic classification pipeline for taxonomic and functional annotation reported to deliver equivalent or superior results compared to existing tools.
• Statistical Evaluation: Built-in statistical evaluation capabilities for analysis of metagenomic datasets.
• Visualization Options: Visualization options to aid interpretation of complex metagenomic results.

Scientific Applications:

• Taxonomic and functional profiling: Assignment of shotgun metagenomic sequences to taxonomic and functional entities to characterize microbial community composition and potential.
• Comparative metagenomics: Comparative analyses of microbial communities to study differences in composition and functional potential across samples or conditions.
• Custom research workflows: Integration of unique data sources and custom pipelines to address specific metagenomic research questions.

Methodology:

Workflows are implemented using the Conveyor workflow engine and include a default taxonomic classification pipeline and statistical evaluation components.