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MAGs achieve lineage resolution

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A combination of highly accurate long-read sequencing and genome contact maps has been used to produce hundreds of lineage-resolved metagenome-assembled genomes from a complex microbial community isolated from a sheep fecal sample.

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Fig. 1: Reconstructing genomes on the basis of metagenome data.

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Reiter, T.E., Brown, C.T. MAGs achieve lineage resolution. Nat Microbiol 7, 193–194 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-01027-2

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