Microbial Genome Assembly Characterization & QC

Discover, quality-control, and structurally map genome ASSEMBLIES for any organism using the keyless NCBI Datasets genome tools. Organism/taxon in → assembly inventory, QC metrics, and chromosome/plasmid map out.

LOOK UP, DON'T GUESS

When uncertain about an accession, assembly level, replicon count, or N50, CALL the tool. Never report assembly statistics from memory — accessions and metrics change with each RefSeq release. A live NCBI Datasets answer is always more reliable than a guess.

COMPUTE, DON'T DESCRIBE

When comparing multiple assemblies or ranking by quality, retrieve each via the tools, then write and run Python (pandas) over the returned JSON to sort, score, and tabulate. Don't describe what you would compute — execute it and report actual numbers.

When to Use This Skill

Triggers:

• "What genomes are available for [organism]?" / "Find the reference genome for [taxon]"
• "Assembly stats for GCF_000005845.2" / "What's the N50 / GC content of [accession]?"
• "How many plasmids does [strain] have?" / "List the replicons in [accession]"
• "Compare the assemblies for [species] — which is best quality?"
• "Is [accession] a complete genome or draft?"