Prokaryotic taxonomy and nomenclature in the age of big sequence data

P Hugenholtz, M Chuvochina, A Oren… - the ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The classification of life forms into a hierarchical system (taxonomy) and the application of
names to this hierarchy (nomenclature) is at a turning point in microbiology. The …

Reconstruction of biochemical networks in microorganisms

AM Feist, MJ Herrgård, I Thiele, JL Reed… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract Systems analysis of metabolic and growth functions in microbial organisms is
rapidly develo** and maturing. Such studies are enabled by reconstruction, at the …

[HTML][HTML] RASTtk: a modular and extensible implementation of the RAST algorithm for building custom annotation pipelines and annotating batches of genomes

T Brettin, JJ Davis, T Disz, RA Edwards, S Gerdes… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The RAST (Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology) annotation engine was
built in 2008 to annotate bacterial and archaeal genomes. It works by offering a standard …

Integrative analysis of environmental sequences using MEGAN4

DH Huson, S Mitra, HJ Ruscheweyh, N Weber… - Genome …, 2011 - genome.cshlp.org
A major challenge in the analysis of environmental sequences is data integration. The
question is how to analyze different types of data in a unified approach, addressing both the …

Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

CS Smillie, MB Smith, J Friedman, OX Cordero… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the acquisition of genetic material from non-parental
lineages, is known to be important in bacterial evolution,. In particular, HGT provides rapid …

Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite

F Warnecke, P Luginbühl, N Ivanova, M Ghassemian… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
From the standpoints of both basic research and biotechnology, there is considerable
interest in reaching a clearer understanding of the diversity of biological mechanisms …

Three Genomes from the Phylum Acidobacteria Provide Insight into the Lifestyles of These Microorganisms in Soils

NL Ward, JF Challacombe, PH Janssen… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The complete genomes of three strains from the phylum Acidobacteria were compared.
Phylogenetic analysis placed them as a unique phylum. They share genomic traits with …

CRISPR recognition tool (CRT): a tool for automatic detection of clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats

C Bland, TL Ramsey, F Sabree, M Lowe, K Brown… - BMC …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPRs) are
a novel type of direct repeat found in a wide range of bacteria and archaea. CRISPRs are …

Targeted isolation and cultivation of uncultivated bacteria by reverse genomics

KL Cross, JH Campbell, M Balachandran… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Most microorganisms from all taxonomic levels are uncultured. Single-cell genomes and
metagenomes continue to increase the known diversity of Bacteria and Archaea; however …

IMG ER: a system for microbial genome annotation expert review and curation

VM Markowitz, K Mavromatis, NN Ivanova… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: A rapidly increasing number of microbial genomes are sequenced by
organizations worldwide and are eventually included into various public genome data …