FESNov catalog
Catalogue and online browser of 404,085 functionally and evolutionarily significant novel (FESNov) gene families unique to uncultivated prokaryotic taxa, compiled from 149,842 environmental genomes. Families can be queried by sequence, family name, taxon or KEGG pathway.
Basic Information
| Repository | https://novelfams.cgmlab.org/ |
| Documentation | https://novelfams.cgmlab.org/ |
| Main publication (DOI) | 10.1038/s41586-023-06955-z view |
| Contact email | jhcepas@gmail.com |
| Authors/Maintainers | Jaime Huerta Cepas |
| Type of application | Database / repository |
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| Keywords | Genomics, Functional annotation, Biological Databases, Genomic Annotation, Metagenomics, Comparative Genomics |
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| Software compatibility | Linux, Mac, Windows |
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| Type of containerization | None |
| Wrapper type | None |
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| Citations (last 12 months) | <100 (~37 as of 15/10/2026) |
| Citations (since first release) | 100-1000 (101 as of 15/10/2026) |
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