--- title: "MGnifyR" date: "`r Sys.Date()`" package: MGnifyR output: BiocStyle::html_document: fig_height: 7 fig_width: 10 toc: yes toc_depth: 2 number_sections: true vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{MGnifyR} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} bibliography: references.bib --- ```{r, include = FALSE} library(knitr) knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", cache = TRUE ) # Get already loaded results path <- system.file("extdata", "vignette_MGnifyR.rds", package = "MGnifyR") vignette_MGnifyR <- readRDS(path) ``` # Introduction `MGnifyR` is a package designed to ease access to the EBI's [MGnify](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics) resource, allowing searching and retrieval of multiple datasets for downstream analysis. The latest version of MGnifyR seamlessly integrates with the [miaverse framework](https://microbiome.github.io/) providing access to cutting-edge tools in microbiome down-stream analytics. # Installation `MGnifyR` is hosted on Bioconductor, and can be installed using via `BiocManager`. ```{r install, eval=FALSE} BiocManager::install("MGnifyR") ``` # Load `MGnifyR` package Once installed, `MGnifyR` is made available in the usual way. ```{r load_package} library(MGnifyR) ``` # Create a client All functions in `MGnifyR` make use of a `MgnifyClient` object to keep track of the JSONAPI url, disk cache location and user access tokens. Thus the first thing to do when starting any analysis is to instantiate this object. The following snippet creates this. ```{r create_client, message = FALSE} mg <- MgnifyClient(useCache = TRUE) mg ``` The `MgnifyClient` object contains slots for each of the previously mentioned settings. # Functions for fetching the data ## Search data `doQuery()` function can be utilized to search results such as samples and studies from MGnify database. Below, we fetch information drinking water samples. ```{r search_studies1, eval=FALSE} # Fetch studies samples <- doQuery( mg, type = "samples", biome_name = "root:Environmental:Aquatic:Freshwater:Drinking water", max.hits = 10) ``` ```{r search_studies2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} samples <- vignette_MGnifyR[["samples"]] ``` The result is a table containing accession IDs and description -- in this case -- on samples. ```{r search_studies3} colnames(samples) |> head() ``` ## Find relevent **analyses** accessions Now we want to find analysis accessions. Each sample might have multiple analyses. Each analysis ID corresponds to a single run of a particular pipeline on a single sample in a single study. ```{r convert_to_analyses1, eval=FALSE} analyses_accessions <- searchAnalysis(mg, "samples", samples$accession) ``` ```{r convert_to_analyses2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} analyses_accessions <- vignette_MGnifyR[["analyses_accessions"]] ``` By running the `searchAnalysis()` function, we get a vector of analysis IDs of samples that we fed as an input. ```{r convert_to_analyses3} analyses_accessions |> head() ``` ## Fetch metadata We can now check the metadata to get hint of what kind of data we have. We use `getMetadata()` function to fetch data based on analysis IDs. ```{r get_metadata1, eval=FALSE} analyses_metadata <- getMetadata(mg, analyses_accessions) ``` ```{r get_metadata2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} analyses_metadata <- vignette_MGnifyR[["analyses_metadata"]] ``` The returned value is a `data.frame` that includes metadata for example on how analysis was conducted and what kind of samples were analyzed. ```{r get_metadata3} colnames(analyses_metadata) |> head() ``` ## Fetch microbiome data After we have selected the data to fetch, we can use `getResult()` The output is `r BiocStyle::Biocpkg("TreeSummarizedExperiment")` (`TreeSE`) or `r BiocStyle::Biocpkg("MultiAssayExperiment")` (`MAE`) depending on the dataset. If the dataset includes only taxonomic profiling data, the output is a single `TreeSE`. If dataset includes also functional data, the output is multiple `TreeSE` objects that are linked together by utilizing `MAE`. ```{r get_mae1, eval=FALSE} mae <- getResult(mg, accession = analyses_accessions) ``` ```{r get_mae2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} mae <- vignette_MGnifyR[["mae"]] ``` ```{r get_mae3} mae ``` You can get access to individual `TreeSE` object in `MAE` by specifying index or name. ```{r mae_access} mae[[1]] ``` `TreeSE` object is uniquely positioned to support `SummarizedExperiment`-based microbiome data manipulation and visualization. Moreover, it enables access to `miaverse` tools. For example, we can estimate diversity of samples... ```{r calculate_diversity, fig.width=9} library(mia) mae[[1]] <- estimateDiversity(mae[[1]], index = "shannon") library(scater) plotColData(mae[[1]], "shannon", x = "sample_environment..biome.") ``` ... and plot abundances of most abundant phyla. ```{r plot_abundance} # Agglomerate data altExps(mae[[1]]) <- splitByRanks(mae[[1]]) library(miaViz) # Plot top taxa top_taxa <- getTopFeatures(altExp(mae[[1]], "Phylum"), 10) plotAbundance(altExp(mae[[1]], "Phylum")[top_taxa, ], rank = "Phylum") ``` We can also perform other analyses such as principal component analysis to microbial profiling data by utilizing miaverse tools. ```{r pcoa} # Apply relative transformation mae[[1]] <- transformAssay(mae[[1]], method = "relabundance") # Perform PCoA mae[[1]] <- runMDS( mae[[1]], assay.type = "relabundance", FUN = vegan::vegdist, method = "bray") # Plot plotReducedDim( mae[[1]], "MDS", colour_by = "sample_environment..biome.") ``` ## Fetch raw files While `getResult()` can be utilized to retrieve microbial profiling data, `getData()` can be used more flexibly to retrieve any kind of data from the database. It returns data as simple data.frame or list format. ```{r fetch_data1, eval=FALSE} publications <- getData(mg, type = "publications") ``` ```{r fetch_data2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} publications <- vignette_MGnifyR[["publications"]] ``` ```{r fetch_data3} colnames(publications) |> head() ``` The result is a `data.frame` by default. In this case, it includes information on publications fetched from the data portal. ## Fetch sequence files Finally, we can use `searchFile()` and `getFile()` to retrieve other MGnify pipeline outputs such as merged sequence reads, assembled contigs, and details of the functional analyses. With `searchFile()`, we can search files from the database. ```{r get_download_urls1, eval=FALSE} dl_urls <- searchFile(mg, analyses_accessions, type = "analyses") ``` ```{r get_download_urls2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} dl_urls <- vignette_MGnifyR[["dl_urls"]] ``` The returned table contains search results related to analyses that we fed as an input. The table contains information on file and also URL address from where the file can be loaded. ```{r get_download_urls3} target_urls <- dl_urls[ dl_urls$attributes.description.label == "Predicted alpha tmRNA", ] colnames(target_urls) |> head() ``` Finally, we can download the files with `getFile()`. ```{r download_file1, eval=FALSE} # Just select a single file from the target_urls list for demonstration. file_url <- target_urls$download_url[[1]] cached_location <- getFile(mg, file_url) ``` ```{r download_file2, eval=TRUE, include=FALSE} cached_location <- vignette_MGnifyR[["cached_location"]] ``` The function returns a path where the file is stored. ```{r download_file3} # Where are the files? cached_location ``` ```{r session_info} sessionInfo() ```