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Integrative meta-omics in Galaxy and beyond

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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s40793-023-00514-9

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Integrated meta-omics; Metagenomics; Metatrascriptomics; Metaproteomics; Galaxy; Bioinformatics

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This study presents three integrative meta-omics workflows developed in Galaxy for enhanced analysis and integration of metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metaproteomics, combined with a newly developed web-application ViMO to analyze metabolisms in complex microbial communities. The workflows were applied on a cellulose-degrading consortium to analyze the roles of uncultured microorganisms in biomass degradation processes. The workflows allowed for reconstruction of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) and analysis of the functional potential of the microbiome using metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics.
Background'Omics methods have empowered scientists to tackle the complexity of microbial communities on a scale not attainable before. Individually, omics analyses can provide great insight; while combined as meta-omics, they enhance the understanding of which organisms occupy specific metabolic niches, how they interact, and how they utilize environmental nutrients. Here we present three integrative meta-omics workflows, developed in Galaxy, for enhanced analysis and integration of metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metaproteomics, combined with our newly developed web-application, ViMO (Visualizer for Meta-Omics) to analyse metabolisms in complex microbial communities.ResultsIn this study, we applied the workflows on a highly efficient cellulose-degrading minimal consortium enriched from a biogas reactor to analyse the key roles of uncultured microorganisms in complex biomass degradation processes. Metagenomic analysis recovered metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) for several constituent populations including Hungateiclostridium thermocellum, Thermoclostridium stercorarium and multiple heterogenic strains affiliated to Coprothermobacter proteolyticus. The metagenomics workflow was developed as two modules, one standard, and one optimized for improving the MAG quality in complex samples by implementing a combination of single- and co-assembly, and dereplication after binning. The exploration of the active pathways within the recovered MAGs can be visualized in ViMO, which also provides an overview of the MAG taxonomy and quality (contamination and completeness), and information about carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), as well as KEGG annotations and pathways, with counts and abundances at both mRNA and protein level. To achieve this, the metatranscriptomic reads and metaproteomic mass-spectrometry spectra are mapped onto predicted genes from the metagenome to analyse the functional potential of MAGs, as well as the actual expressed proteins and functions of the microbiome, all visualized in ViMO.ConclusionOur three workflows for integrative meta-omics in combination with ViMO presents a progression in the analysis of 'omics data, particularly within Galaxy, but also beyond. The optimized metagenomics workflow allows for detailed reconstruction of microbial community consisting of MAGs with high quality, and thus improves analyses of the metabolism of the microbiome, using the metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics workflows.

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