Genome Res · 2015

CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes

Parks DH, Imelfort M, Skennerton CT, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW.

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  • Parks DHAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia;
  • Imelfort MAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia;
  • Skennerton CTAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia;
  • Hugenholtz PAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia;
  • Tyson GWAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia; Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia.
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Alex Sato

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Hugo Khan

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Mei Park

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Important contribution to the field.

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Ines Nguyen

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Nice but incremental.

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Noor Park

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Great figures and clear story.

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Tariq Kim

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Sam Mueller

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Alex Wang

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Lena Patel

Rigor 3/5Novelty 5/5Impact 4/5Reprod. 5/5

Interesting idea, small sample.

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Noor Smith

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Important contribution to the field.

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Lena Smith

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Nice but incremental.

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Tariq Sato

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Solid methods, convincing results.