MetaSBT

MetaSBT is a scalable framework designed to automatically index microbial genomes and accurately characterize metagenome-assembled genomes using Sequence Bloom Trees.

👉 Get started with MetaSBT by visiting our official wiki.

We also maintain a collection of public databases built with MetaSBT from curated sets of microbial genomes. You can explore and use them from the MetaSBT-DBs repository.

[!NOTE] Interested in using MetaSBT or our databases, or building your own private database but lack the necessary computational resources? Reach out to us! We’re always open to collaborations.

📖 Credits

If you use MetaSBT in your work, please cite:

@article{Cumbo2025.08.25.672238,
	author    = {Cumbo, Fabio and Blankenberg, Daniel},
	title     = {Characterization of microbial dark matter at scale with MetaSBT and taxonomy-aware Sequence Bloom Trees},
    journal   = {bioRxiv},
    year      = {2025},
    publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
	doi       = {10.1101/2025.08.25.672238}
}

🤝 Contributing

Long-term discussion and bug reports are maintained via GitHub Discussions and Issues, while code review is managed via GitHub Pull Requests.

Before contributing, please:

1. Check for existing issues or PRs related to your topic;
2. Write clear and concise titles and descriptions;
3. Include steps to reproduce bugs, relevant logs, version info, and other technical details when appropriate.

🛠️ Support

Need help?

Open an Issue or start a Discussion — we're happy to assist with any questions or technical problems.

Copyright © 2025 Fabio Cumbo, Daniel Blankenberg. See LICENSE for additional details.