EMGLib: the enhanced microbial genomes library (update 2000)

As the number of complete microbial genomes publicly available is still growing, the problem of annotation quality in these very large sequences remains unsolved. Indeed, the number of annotations associated with complete genomes is usually lower than those of the shorter entries encountered in the...

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Published inNucleic acids research Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 68 - 71
Main Authors Perrière, G, Bessières, P, Labedan, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.01.2000
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Archaea
Base Sequence
Databases, Factual
EMGLib database
Enhanced Microbial Genomes Library
Genome, Archaeal
Genome, Bacterial
Genome, Fungal
Genome, Protozoan
Life Sciences
Molecular Sequence Data
Other
Quantitative Methods
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:As the number of complete microbial genomes publicly available is still growing, the problem of annotation quality in these very large sequences remains unsolved. Indeed, the number of annotations associated with complete genomes is usually lower than those of the shorter entries encountered in the repository collections. Moreover, classical sequence database management systems have difficulties in handling entries of such size. In this context, the Enhanced Microbial Genomes Library (EMGLib) was developed to try to alleviate these problems. This library contains all the complete genomes from prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) already sequenced and the yeast genome in GenBank format. The annotations are improved by the introduction of data on codon usage, gene orientation on the chromosome and gene families. It is possible to access EMGLib through two database systems set up on WWW servers: the PBIL server at http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/emglib.html and the MICADO server at http://locus.jouy.inra.fr/micado
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +33 4 72 44 62 96; Fax: +33 4 78 89 27 19; Email: perriere@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr
ISSN:0305-1048
1362-4962
1362-4962
DOI:10.1093/nar/28.1.68