Pbac v1 database - Panda Gut Microbiome Database

Pbac (Panda Gut Microbiome Database): A Curated Resource for Giant Panda Gut Microbial Genomes. In this project, we conducted an in-depth analysis of giant panda metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), utilizing both Illumina and Nanopore sequencing technologies. Our extensive efforts resulted in the identification of 2,684 medium- to high-quality MAGs meeting specific criteria: completeness ≥ 50%, contamination < 10%, and length ≥ 500 kb. Remarkably, 960 MAGs surpassed the stringent high-quality thresholds of completeness ≥ 90% and contamination < 5%. Within this dataset, we identified 1,193 non-redundant MAGs through a 99% similarity threshold clustering, with 354 of them being of high quality. Taxonomic analysis revealed that 672 MAGs could be mapped to 219 known species, while 521 MAGs clustered into 228 unique groups, leading to the assignment of new genus or species identifiers.