Understanding 'partial' field in the Prodigal output

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Dec 20, 2017, 9:25:47 AM12/20/17

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Hi,

Prodigal predicted the following gene on the reverse strand of the edge of a contig. The contig was obtained from a metagenomic assembly:

>SRS011090_2852_NODE_146_length_8276_cov_21.395_7 # 6586 # 8274 # -1 # ID=146_7;partial=01;start_type=Edge;rbs_motif=None;rbs_spacer=None;gc_cont=0.443

CACCGCCTAGTTCGTGATTTTGACAAGAGAGAAGCTGACGGTATCACACCTGTCTTACCACTTCTTAAAGAGTTCCAAGAATTGGAGACTTTTGCGGATTTTACAGCTAAACTAGCAGAGTTTGAGCTTGCTGGT

AAACCAAACTTCCTTCCTTTTGGTGTATCGCCAGACTTTATGGATGCTAGAATCAATGTTCTATGGGCAAGTGCTCCAAGCACAATCTTGCCAGATACGACCTACTATGCTGAAGACCATCCTCAACGCGAAGAG

CTCTTAACTCTTTGGAAAGAAACCAGCGCAAATCTTCTCAAGGCTTATGATTTCTCTGATGAAGAAATTGAAGGCTTGCTAGAGAAGAGATTAGAACTAGACCGCCGAATTGCGGCAGTGGTGCTTTCTAATGAA

GAAAGTTCAGAATATGCTAAACTCTACCATCCATATTCTTATGAAGATTTCAAGAAATTCGCACCTTCCCTACCTTTGAATGACTTCTTCCAAGCTGTTCTTGGACAAGTACCAGACAAGGTTATCGTAGACGAG

GAACGTTTCTGGCAAGCAGCAGACCAATTCTATAGTGAAGAGGCATGGCCTCTCCTCAAGGCAACCTTGATTTTGAGTGTTGTCAATCTTTCAACCAGCTATTTAACAGAAGAAATCCGTGTCTTGTCAGGTGCC

TATAGCCGTGCGCTTTCAGGAGTTCCAGAAGCCAAAGACAAGGTCAAGGCAGCCTACCAGCTAGCACAAGGTCCTTTCAAACAAGCCTTGGGTCTCTGGTATGCCCATGAAAAATTCTCTCCAGAAGCTAAGGCA

GACGTAGAGAAAAAAGTAGCAACTATGATTGATGTCTATAAGGAACGCTTGGCCAAGAATGACTGGCTAACTCCTGAAACTCGTGACAAAGCCATCGTCAAACTCAATGTCATCAAGCCTTATATCGGTTATCCA

GAAGAATTGCCAGAACGCTACAAGGACAAAGTAGTGGATGAAAATGCTAGTCTTTTTGAAAATGCTCTAGCCTTTGCGCGTGTGGAAATCAAGCATAGTTGGAGCAAGTGGAATCAGCCTGTAGACTACAAGGAA

TGGGGCATGCCTGCTCATATGGTCAATGCCTACTACAATCCACAGAGGAACTTGATTGTCTTCCCAGCAGCTATTTTACAGGCACCTTTCTATGACTTGCATCAGTCCTCTTCTGCTAACTACGGTGGTATTGGG

GCAGTTATTGCCCATGAAATTTCCCACGCCTTTGACACCAACGGAGCTTCCTTTGATGAAAATGGTAGCCTCAAGGATTGGTGGACAGAGAGCGACTATGCCGCCTTCAAGGAGAAAACACAAAAAGTCATTGAC

CAATTTGATGGACAGGATTCTTATGGAGCAACTATCAATGGTAAATTGACTGTATCAGAAAACGTGGCTGACTTGGGGGGAATCGCTGCAGCGCTTGAAGCAGCTAAGAGAGAACCAGACTTCTCAGCAGAAGAG

TTCTTCTACAACTTTGGTCGTATCTGGCGCATGAAAGGTCGACCAGAATTTATGAAACTCTTGGCTAGCGTCGATGTGCACGCACCAGCCAAACTCCGTGTCAATGTACAAGTACCAAACTTTGATGATTTCTTT

ACAACCTATGATGTCAAAGAAGGCGACGGTATGTGGCGTTCACCAGAAGAGCGTGTGATTATTTGGTAA

As you can see, there is a codon STOP 'TAA' but the START codon is missing.

I don't understand why the gene is tagged 'partial=01'. Should not it be 'partial=10'?