FeGenie: A Comprehensive Tool for the Identification of Iron Genes and Iron Gene Neighborhoods in Genome and Metagenome Assemblies

I. Garber, Arkadiy; H. Nealson, Kenneth; Okamoto, Akihiro; M. McAllister, Sean; S. Chan, Clara; A. Barco, Roman; Merino, Nancy

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00037

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FeGenie: A Comprehensive Tool for the Identification of Iron Genes and Iron Gene Neighborhoods in Genome and Metagenome Assemblies

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology • Jan 31, 2020

Authors:

Arkadiy I. Garber

Kenneth H. Nealson

Akihiro Okamoto

Abstract

Iron is a micronutrient for nearly all life on Earth. It can be used as an electron donor and electron acceptor by iron-oxidizing and iron-reducing microorganisms and is used in a variety of biological processes, including photosynthesis and respiration. While it is the fourth most abundant metal in...

Subject

Metagenomics

Genome

Gene

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