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PRJDB39757 DRP017017

Gut virome of Japanese adults, cross-sectional

Shotgun metagenomic sequences from human gut virus-like particles

Cross-sectional study of 51 fecal virus-like particle (VLP) samples from Japanese adults, sequenced by shotgun metagenomics (NovaSeq) to characterize the gut virome. machine-written summary

98 samples · 98 runs · JP · Adult · 2026 · 5.13 Gbp / sample

Sources
✓Sequence archive 349–Abstract / description–Full text–Supplementary tables–External resources–User contribution–Human verified

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✓ Sequence archive349 sample values (collection date, country, latitude, location region, longitude)
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Samples at a glance
1 sampling locations · 1 country
Age
adult98
Country
JP98
Body site
primary98
Sequencing depth per sample · this project all projects
all projects, 0–0.03 Gbp: 25,080 samples (4 %)all projects, 0.03–0.1 Gbp: 17,066 samples (3 %)all projects, 0.1–0.3 Gbp: 29,179 samples (5 %)all projects, 0.3–1 Gbp: 47,044 samples (8 %)all projects, 1–3 Gbp: 124,983 samples (22 %)this project, 1–3 Gbp: 3 samplesall projects, 3–10 Gbp: 253,728 samples (44 %)this project, 3–10 Gbp: 94 samplesall projects, 10–30 Gbp: 72,533 samples (13 %)this project, 10–30 Gbp: 1 samplesall projects, 30–100 Gbp: 3,024 samples (1 %)all projects, 100–300 Gbp: 106 samples (0 %)all projects, ≥ 300 Gbp: 9 samples (0 %)project median 5.13 Gbp per sample0130Gbp
Community composition
Bacteroides 13.5%Phocaeicola 8.7%Prevotella 8.2%Faecalibacterium 4.6%Bifidobacterium 3.7%Ruminococcoides 2.7%Alistipes 2.6%CAG-302 2.3%Megamonas 2.3%Nanosynbacter 2.3%Turicibacter 1.6%Blautia_A 1.4%not assigned to a genus 11.0%other genera 35.1%

Genera, mean relative abundance over 51 profiled gut samples of this project (Sandpiper SingleM profiles, GTDB R232; low-depth and non-metagenome profiles left out).

Field coverage
fieldsamplescoverageR1R2R3R4
age_category98 100%
country98 100%98
health_condition0 0%
subject_id0 0%
collection_date98 100%98
detailed_location51 52%
latitude51 52%51
location_region51 52%51
longitude51 52%51
Details
Archive description

Fecal virus-like particle (VLP) samples of Japanese adults were collected (Kiguchi, Takewaki et al.). The VLPs DNA was subjected to NovaSeq sequencing.

How this project entered the registry

Classified as human gut / stool shotgun DNA metagenome of adult by deterministic_prior with confidence 0.90. Assay shotgun_dna.

  • host external_curation.infant_catalog · “infant triage reason_code age_adult_only”
  • body site study.title · “sequences from human gut virus-like particles”
  • body site study.description · “Fecal virus-like particle (VLP)”
  • life stage external_curation.infant_catalog · “infant triage reason_code age_adult_only”
  • life stage study.description · “samples of Japanese adults were collected (Kiguchi,”
Evidence examples (one per field × route)
samplefieldvaluerouteconf.sourcequote
SAMD01786610collection_date2020R10.90biosample.attribute:collection_date2020
SAMD01786610countryJPR10.90sample.attr.geo_loc_nameJapan
SAMD01786610latitude35.6895R10.90biosample.attribute:lat_lon35.6895 N 139.6917 E
SAMD01786610location_regionTokyoR10.60biosample.attribute:lat_lon35.6895 N 139.6917 E
SAMD01786610longitude139.6917R10.90biosample.attribute:lat_lon35.6895 N 139.6917 E
Sequencing

98 runs over 98 samples · mean 5.53 Gbp per run (median 5.13 Gbp, total 541.66 Gbp; 98 runs with a base count) · layout PAIRED 98 · platform ILLUMINA 98 · models Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (98) · 100% of runs with a Sandpiper profile · first public 2026-02-10

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PRJDB39757.csv.gz (3.2 KB) · parquet (73.3 KB) — all 98 samples, every field with route and confidence · PRJDB39757_determinations.csv.gz (2.4 KB) — 349 evidence rows

Samples (98 · every field this project has values for · hover a cell for its source)
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