Highlights•Next generation sequencing technologies have enabled large-scale genome
analyses.•Pan-genome analyses provide a framework for predicting and modeling genomic …

Since the proposal for pangenomic study, there have been a dozen software tools actively in
use for pangenomic analysis. By the end of 2014, Panseq and the pan-genomes analysis …

The number of genomes that have been deposited in databases has increased
exponentially after the advent of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), which produces high …

Background The community composition of the human microbiome is known to vary at
distinct anatomical niches. But little is known about the nature of variations, if any, at the …

Vibrio metoecus is the closest relative of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the potent
diarrheal disease cholera. Although the pathogenic potential of this new species is yet to be …

Serotyping analysis of bacterial pathogens in food products is important for foodborne
disease surveillance and outbreak investigations. Traditional immunological techniques are …

Background Lysinibacillus sphaericus (formerly named Bacillus sphaericus) is incapable of
polysaccharide utilization and some isolates produce active insecticidal proteins against …

Background Large-scale genome projects have paved the way to microbial pan-genome
analyses. Pan-genomes describe the union of all genes shared by all members of the …

Since health benefits conferred by probiotics are strain-specific, identification to the strain
level is mandatory to allow the monitoring of the presence and the abundance of specific …

Bioinformatics tools are essential for extracting valuable biological knowledge from bacterial
genomes. Currently, there are many computational applications, algorithms, and programs …