VicMAG, an open-source tool for visualizing circular metagenome-assembled genomes highlighting bacterial virulence and antimicrobial resistance
Yusuke Tsuda, Yasuhiro Tanizawa, Thi My Hanh Vu, Yosuke Nishimura, Masaki Shintani, Haruka Abe, Futoshi Hasebe, Ikuro Kasuga, Miki Nagao, Masato Suzuki · 2026
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Description
Yusuke Tsuda and co-authors build VicMAG, an open-source tool for drawing circular bacterial genomes assembled from metagenome data. Pathogen spread is tracked through genes for virulence and drug resistance, often carried on mobile elements such as plasmids and phages. Long-read data now yields many complete circular genomes, but no tool showed them all with gene labels.
VicMAG displays many circular genomes at once, sized to scale, with labels for virulence genes, resistance genes and phages. A test with 353 genomes from one wastewater sample showed the tool in action. It gives a whole-community view of where risk genes sit, for use in clinic, environment and One Health surveillance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yusuke Tsuda, Yasuhiro Tanizawa, Thi My Hanh Vu, Yosuke Nishimura, Masaki Shintani, Haruka Abe, Futoshi Hasebe, Ikuro Kasuga, Miki Nagao, Masato Suzuki |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |