The GEN-ERA toolbox: unified and reproducible workflows for research in microbial genomics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microbial culture collections play a key role in taxonomy by studying the diversity of their strains and providing well-characterized biological material to the scientific community for fundamental and applied research. These microbial resource centers thus need to implement new standards in species delineation, including whole-genome sequencing and phylogenomics. In this context, the genomic needs of the Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms were studied, resulting in the GEN-ERA toolbox. The latter is a unified cluster of bioinformatic workflows dedicated to both bacteria and small eukaryotes (e.g., yeasts).

Findings

This public toolbox allows researchers without a specific training in bioinformatics to perform robust phylogenomic analyses. Hence, it

SUBMITTER: Cornet L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084500 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature