This multiagency report developed by the Interagency Collaboration for Genomics for Food
and Feed Safety provides an overview of the use of and transition to whole genome …

In silico DNA sequence generation is a powerful technology to evaluate and validate
bioinformatics tools, and accordingly more than 35 DNA sequence simulation tools have …

Bacteria are highly diverse, even within a species; thus, there have been many studies
which classify a single species into multiple types and analyze the genetic differences …

This protocol outlines the all the steps necessary to become a GenomeTrakr data
contributor. GenomeTrakr is an international genomic reference database of mostly food and …

Background As next generation sequence technology has advanced, there have been
parallel advances in genome-scale analysis programs for determining evolutionary …

Molecular phylogenies are a cornerstone of modern comparative biology and are commonly
employed to investigate a range of biological phenomena, such as diversification rates …

Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant pathogen that represents a serious public health
threat due to its rapid global emergence, increasing incidence of healthcare-associated …

Foodborne pathogen surveillance in the United States is transitioning from strain
identification using restriction digest technology (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis [PFGE]) to …

Adventitious agent detection during the production of vaccines and biotechnology-based
medicines is of critical importance to ensure the final product is free from any possible viral …

Phylogenetic analyses are widely used in microbiological research, for example to trace the
progression of bacterial outbreaks based on whole-genome sequencing data. In practice …