Mapler: Assessing assembly quality in taxonomically rich metagenomes sequenced with HiFi reads
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Summary
Metagenome assembly seeks to reconstruct the most high-quality genomes from sequencing data of microbial ecosystems. Despite technological advancements that facilitate assembly, such as Hi-Fi long reads, the process remains challenging in complex environmental samples consisting of hundreds to thousands of populations. Mapler is a metagenome assembly and evaluation pipeline with a focus on evaluating the quality of Hi-Fi long read metagenome assemblies. It incorporates several state-of-the-art metrics, as well as novel metrics assessing the diversity that remains uncaptured by the assembly process. Mapler facilitates the comparison of assembly strategies and helps identify methodological bottlenecks that hinder genome reconstruction.
Availability and Implementation
Mapler is open source and publicly available under the AGPL-3.0 licence at https://github.com/Nimauric/Mapler . Source code is implemented in Python and Bash as a Snakemake pipeline.
Contacts
nicolas.maurice@inria.fr , clemence.frioux@inria.fr .
Supplementary information
Available online.
