VicMAG: Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from a Clinical Isolate

VicMAG is a collection of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) and circular MAGs (cMAGs) from a clinical isolate, likely a pathogen. The dataset includes assembled contigs, functional annotations, and a summary table detailing virulence factor genes (VFGs), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and plasmid content. Supplementary files contain visualizations of the genomic data and analysis scripts.

Use Cases

• Comparative genomics of clinical pathogen isolates based on assembled MAGs.
• Profiling antibiotic resistance gene content from the summary_cMAGs_metaMDBG.csv table.
• Analyzing plasmid and virulence factor distribution across assembled genomes.
• Benchmarking metagenomic assembly tools (hifiasm-meta vs. metaMDBG) using the provided contig files.

Strengths

• Includes functionally annotated genomes with identified virulence and resistance genes.
• Provides data from multiple assembly tools (hifiasm-meta and metaMDBG) for comparison.
• Contains circularized MAGs (cMAGs), which are higher-quality, complete genomes.

Limitations

• The exact number of samples, genomes, or rows in the summary table is not specified.
• Limited metadata about the source clinical isolate (e.g., patient details, collection date).
• Descriptions are sparse; column names for the primary CSV are not listed.

Provenance

Source

Yusuke Tsuda

Collection Method

Metagenomic assembly from a clinical isolate, using hifiasm-meta and metaMDBG.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-06-03.