Advances in next-generation sequencing have enabled the widespread measurement of
microbiome composition across systems and over the course of microbiome assembly …

Blautia is a genus of anaerobic bacteria with probiotic characteristics that occur widely in the
feces and intestines of mammals. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, some …

Population-level comparisons of prokaryotic genomes must take into account the substantial
differences in gene content resulting from horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication and …

Functional profiles of microbial communities are typically generated using comprehensive
metagenomic or metatranscriptomic sequence read searches, which are time-consuming …

Soils harbour some of the most diverse microbiomes on Earth and are essential for both
nutrient cycling and carbon storage. To understand soil functioning, it is necessary to model …

The PubMLST. org website hosts a collection of open-access, curated databases that
integrate population sequence data with provenance and phenotype information for over …

Reference genomes are essential for metagenomic analyses and functional characterization
of the human gut microbiota. We present the Culturable Genome Reference (CGR), a …

The UniProt knowledgebase is a large resource of protein sequences and associated
detailed annotation. The database contains over 60 million sequences, of which over half a …

Since the early days of the genome era, the scientific community has relied on a single
'reference'genome for each species, which is used as the basis for a wide range of genetic …

A typical prokaryote population sequencing study can now consist of hundreds or thousands
of isolates. Interrogating these datasets can provide detailed insights into the genetic …