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GB/T 46205-2025Requirements for processing and analyzing of metagenomic data (English PDF)

宏基因组数据处理和加工要求

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SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

October 5, 2025

Implementation date

February 1, 2026

Scope

GB/T 46205-2025 is the English-translated version of 宏基因组数据处理和加工要求.

GB/T 46205-2025 is the Chinese standard "Requirements for processing and analyzing of metagenomic data". Its scope clause reads: This document specifies the workflow for metagenomic data processing and manipulation, including metagenomic metadata description requirements, raw data processing, and manipulation procedures.

Requirements for data storage and publishing. This document applies to the quality control of metagenomic data processing and analysis by scientific and technological resource platforms at all levels in the field of microbiology and metagenomic sequencing companies.

Quantitative evaluation and assessment. Its clauses include terms and definitions.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 07.100.01
Classification: A 40

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Preface
Introduction
1.Scope
2 Normative References
3.Terms and Definitions
4.General Requirements for Metagenomic Data Processing and Workflow
5.Metagenomic metadata description requirements
6.Requirements for raw metagenomic data processing
7.Requirements for processing raw metagenomic data
8 General requirements for the storage and distribution of metagenomic data
Appendix A (Normative) Recommended Data Fields for Metagenomic Sequencing Project Metadata
Appendix B (Normative) Recommended Data Fields for Metagenomic Sequencing Sample Metadata
Appendix C (Normative) Recommended Data Fields for Metagenomic Sequencing Experiment Metadata
References

1 Scope

This document specifies the workflow for metagenomic data processing and manipulation, including metagenomic metadata description requirements, raw data processing, and manipulation procedures.

Requirements for data storage and publishing.

This document applies to the quality control of metagenomic data processing and analysis by scientific and technological resource platforms at all levels in the field of microbiology and metagenomic sequencing companies.

Quantitative evaluation and assessment.

2 Normative references

This document has no normative references.

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 Metagenomics

Describes the total genetic material of all microorganisms in a specific environment.

3.2

A method for sequencing the genomes of all microorganisms in a sample.

Note. Metagenomic sequencing can describe the species composition and function of an entire community at the gene level.

3.3 marker gene sequencing

To determine the microbial phylogeny of a sample, targeted genes (e.g., 16S rRNA used for bacterial and archaea identification) were used.

A method for sequencing primers in specific regions of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for fungal identification.

3.4 raw data

Unprocessed data generated by sequencers through base identification.

3.5 Derived data

Data formed after processing the original data, such as splicing and annotation.

3.6 metadata

Data that defines and describes other data.

Note. In this document, this refers to the description of the characteristics of metagenomic sequencing data.

[Source. GB/T 18391.1-2009, 3.2.16]

3.7 annotation

Using bioinformatics methods and tools, we can identify genes, determine species, and predict the functions of all genes in the genome. […]

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