Composite Metagenome-Assembled Genomes Reduce the Quality of Public Genome Repositories | mBio

In their recent study, Espinoza et al. employ genome-resolved metagenomics to investigate supragingival plaque metagenomes of 88 individuals (1). The 34 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) that the authors report include those that resolve to clades that have largely evaded cultivation efforts, suc…