What's New
(07-2025) Database Migration
The IMG database has been migrated from Oracle to PostgreSQL https://www.postgresql.org/.
IMG/M and IMG/MER menu redesigned.
IMG submission site is now integrated into IMG/MER.
IMG/MER home page resigned.
The metagenome binning pipeline has been updated with new tools and database versions.
(04-2025) Dataset Clustering
New YouTube video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQMwa8AyRc
Get an overview of new dimensionality reduction and clustering tools for genomes and metagenomes. Brief background on underlying theory and visualization options are included.
(01-2025) IMG-NR Database
IMG-NR (Non-Redundant) database is now available for download via the JGI's Genome Portal.
(12-2024) Kegg and Pfam updated
GTDB-Tk version 2.4.0 with the database version r220.
CheckM2 version 1.0.2
IMG has been updated to use Pfam v37.0 and KEGG v111.1.
All isolate genomes have been reannotated using the new Pfam and KEGG.
IMG Annotation pipeline updated.
(11-2024) New Tool
Another new 3rd party tool using IMG Data; Advanced analytics and visualization for multi-omics of microbiomes.
(10-2024) IMG Metadata Web API
A new web API is available to get IMG's datasets metadata.
(06-2023) IMG UI Updates
Radial Tree Distribution now using Krona plots.
Abundance Profile Overview Results heat map revamped.
Dataset Clustering Results with 2D and 3D Plots.
New Cassette cart with GFF export.
Cassette Set's Function Heatmap revamped.
(03-2023) CheckM 2
Assess the quality of isolate and other genomes with the new Completeness and Contamination score features based on CheckM 2 (REF). Scores can be accessed from individual genomes details pages, genome cart table configuration and Advanced Genome Search.
(01-2023) GeNomad
Explore plasmid and provirus scaffolds in genomes and metagenomes predicted by GeNomad (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.05.531206v1). This new type of scaffold metadata can be accessed via scaffold details page, scaffold cart and Advanced Scaffold search.
(01-2023) IMG Plasmid
IMG Plasmid. Explore the sequences and functions of more than 800,000 plasmids identified in genomes and metagonomes from IMG.
(10-2022) IMG VR v4
Explore >10 million uncultivated viral genomes predicted from >130,000 diverse (meta)genomes in the latest release of IMG/VR.
(03-2022) GTDB-Tk
GTDB-Tk taxonomy predictions are now available for isolate genomes. It provides a genome-based taxonomy prediction compared to NCBI lineage which arises from polyphasic approaches (particularly 16S rRNA identity). GTDB taxonomy can be accessed from individual genome detail pages, genome cart table configuration and Advanced Genome Search.
(12-2022) ANI & Bins
The ANI computation pipeline now includes uncultivated genomes (referred to as bins) arising from the automated binning pipeline. See an example clique composed of isolates as well as metagenome bins.
(06-2020) Genome Set Statistical Analysis
Compare 100s to 1000s of genomes and metagenomes based on their functional gene content using the Statistical Analysis tool available through the Genome workspace. Read more about it here or watch a webinar tutorial. Metagenome bins (12-2020) can also be included in the analysis using the Analysis Data Group feature described here.
(04-2019) Metagenome Bin
Automated recovery of uncultivated genomes (referred to as metagenome bins or bins) - browse over 228,000 uncultivated genomes recovered from 21,150 metagenome samples in the IMG database. Learn more about our binning pipeline.
(01-2019) Advanced Search Builder
Datasets can be selected using multiple criteria searching across >100 metadata fields using the Advanced Search Builder.