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Nucleic Acids Res., Nov 26 2025, gkaf1241 | https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1241
metaTraits: a large-scale integration of microbial phenotypic trait information
Daniel P odlesn y1,* ,†, Chan Yeong Kim1,†, Shahriyar Mahdi Robbani1, Christian Schudoma1, Anthony Fullam1, Lorenz C. Reimer2, Julia Koblitz2, Isabel Schober2, Anandhi Iyappan1, Thea Van Rossum1,3, Jonas Schiller1, Anastasia Greko va1, Mic hael Kuhn1, Peer Bork1,4 ,*
1European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Molecular Systems Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
2Leibniz Institute DSMZ, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
3Present address: Koonkie, Vancouver, Canada
4Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
∗To whom correspondence should be addressed. : Peer Bork
Correspondence may also be addressed to Daniel Podlesny.
†The authors wish it to be known that, in their opinion, the first two authors should be regarded as joint First Authors.
1European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Molecular Systems Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
2Leibniz Institute DSMZ, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
3Present address: Koonkie, Vancouver, Canada
4Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
∗To whom correspondence should be addressed. : Peer Bork
Correspondence may also be addressed to Daniel Podlesny.
†The authors wish it to be known that, in their opinion, the first two authors should be regarded as joint First Authors.
Abstract
Microbes differ greatly in their organismal structure, physiology, and environmental adaptation, yet information about these phenotypic traits is dispersed across multiple databases and is largely unavailable for taxa that remain uncultured. Here, we present metaTraits, a unified and accessible trait resource that integrates culture-derived trait information from BacDive, BV-BRC, JGI IMG, and GOLD with genome-based predictions for medium and high-quality isolate and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from proGenomes and SPIRE. metaTraits covers over 2.2 million genomes and >140 harmonized traits mapped to standardized ontologies, spanning cell morphology (e.g. shape, size, and Gram staining), physiology (e.g. motility and sporulation), metabolic and enzymatic activities, environmental preferences (e.g. temperature, salinity, and oxygen tolerance), and lifestyle categories. All records are linked to the original evidence, and species are cross-linked to NCBI and GTDB taxonomies. The interactive metaTraits website provides search and visualization tools, taxonomy-level summaries, and two workflows for annotating user-submitted genomes or community profiles. metaTraits substantially advances accessibility and interoperability of microbial trait data, enabling comprehensive trait-based analyses of microbiomes across diverse environments. metaTraits is accessible via https://metatraits.embl.de.
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- 2025년 11월 (BRIC 등록일 2025-12-03)
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