Automated analysis of genomic sequences facilitates high-throughput and comprehensive description of bacteria.

ABSTRACT: The study of microbial communities is hampered by the large fraction of still unknown bacteria. However, many of these species have been isolated, yet lack a validly published name or description. The validation of names for novel bacteria requires that the uniqueness of those taxa is demonstrated and their properties are described. The accepted format for this is the protologue, which can be time-consuming to create. Hence, many research fields in microbiology and biotechnology will greatly benefit from new approaches that reduce the workload and harmonise the generation of protologues.We have developed Protologger, a bioinformatic tool that automatically generates all the necessary readouts for writing a detailed protologue. By producing multiple taxonomic outputs, functional features an

SUBMITTER: Hitch TCA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723785 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature