plastiC

plastiC identifies, assesses, and characterizes plastid genomes within metagenomic datasets to recover algal plastid metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) and predict their taxonomic association.

Key Features:

• Plastid genome identification: Identifies plastid genomes in metagenome assemblies.
• Completeness assessment: Assesses the completeness of identified plastid MAGs.
• Taxonomic association prediction: Predicts the taxonomic association of plastid MAGs from diverse environmental sources.
• Algal plastid MAG recovery: Recovers algal plastid MAGs from metagenomic data.

Scientific Applications:

• Lichen metagenomics: Recovers algal plastid MAGs from publicly available lichen metagenomes.
• Environmental plastid diversity: Characterizes plastid genomes from diverse environmental sources.
• Plastid misidentification resolution: Distinguishes plastid MAGs from low-quality bacterial MAGs arising from endosymbiotic origin.

Methodology:

plastiC is implemented as a Snakemake workflow.