The MicrobeAtlas database: Global trends and insights into Earth's microbial ecosystems - PubMed
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- MicrobeAtlas database unifies over two million microbiome samples for global microbial ecosystem insights.
- Harmonizes diverse sequencing and processing strategies to enable universal discoveries across technologies.
- Features hierarchical quantification of communities with adjustable small subunit rRNA marker gene resolution.
- Includes detailed metadata and geographic information for comprehensive ecological context.
- Connects to genome, phenotype, and ecological resources for multimodal insights.
- Tracks microbial lineages across environments, including rare and uncharacterized species.
- Reveals recurring community structures, geographic preferences, and taxonomy-specific generalism trends.
- Facilitates placement of known and newly described species into ecological contexts.