The world bacterial biogeography and biodiversity through databases: a case study of NCBI Nucleotide Database and GBIF Database.

ABSTRACT: Databases are an essential tool and resource within the field of bioinformatics. The primary aim of this study was to generate an overview of global bacterial biodiversity and biogeography using available data from the two largest public online databases, NCBI Nucleotide and GBIF. The secondary aim was to highlight the contribution each geographic area has to each database. The basis for data analysis of this study was the metadata provided by both databases, mainly, the taxonomy and the geographical area origin of isolation of the microorganism (record). These were directly obtained from GBIF through the online interface, while E-utilities and Python were used in combination with a programmatic web service access to obtain data from the NCBI Nucleotide Database. Results indicate that the

SUBMITTER: Selama O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3818805 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature