Regular genomics studies one organism at a time. Metagenomics sequences everything in a sample at once including bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea without culturing them. One run gives you the full picture of an entire microbial ecosystem.

A Metagenome-Assembled Genome is a near-complete genome rebuilt from a complex microbial mixture without isolating the organism. Binning groups reads by organism and reconstructs the genome. This lets you study species no one has ever grown in a lab including entirely new ones your sample might contain.

16S targets a single marker gene fast and cheap but only identifies bacteria and misses viruses, fungi and archaea entirely. Shotgun metagenomics sequences everything across all kingdoms plus functional genes and metabolic pathways. GenomeBeans uses shotgun for the complete picture.

Three interactive reports a taxonomic diversity report with abundance profiles and phylogenetic trees, a MAG quality summary with completeness and contamination scores, and a functional pathway report with KEGG, COG and GO annotations. All shareable HTML delivered to your dashboard.

Most runs complete within a few hours depending on dataset size. GenomeBeans processes everything in parallel from QC to annotation so you don’t wait for step-by-step outputs. You get the full interactive report the moment analysis finishes.

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