CheckM provides a set of tools for assessing the quality of genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, or metagenomes. It provides robust estimates of genome completeness and contamination by using collocated sets of genes that are ubiquitous and single-copy within a phylogenetic lineage. Assessment of genome quality can also be examined using plots depicting key genomic characteristics (e.g., GC, coding density) which highlight sequences outside the expected distributions of a typical genome. CheckM also provides tools for identifying genome bins that are likely candidates for merging based on marker set compatibility, similarity in genomic characteristics, and proximity within a reference genome tree.
This command places bins in the genome tree.
The following heuristic is used to establish the translation table used by Prodigal: use table 11 unless the coding density using table 4 is 5% higher than when using table 11 and the coding density under table 4 is >70%. Distinguishing between tables 4 and 25 is challenging so CheckM does not attempt to distinguish between these two tables. If you know the correct translation table for your genomes, it is recommended that you call genes outside of CheckM and provide CheckM with the protein sequences