MARTi (Metagenomic Analysis in Real Time)
Richard Leggett presented MARTi (Metagenomic Analysis in Real Time), a new real-time metagenomics software package developed by his team at the Earlham Institute, UK. He first described the origins of the software, which came out of previously published work (Nat. Microbiol. [2020]) investigating necrotising enterocolitis in pre-term babies – a condition associated with gut microbial dysbiosis (an increase in pathogenic bacteria and reduction in beneficial bacteria).