Since the first two complete bacterial genome sequences were published in 1995, the
science of bacteria has dramatically changed. Using third-generation DNA sequencing, it is …

Alignment-free sequence analyses have been applied to problems ranging from whole-
genome phylogeny to the classification of protein families, identification of horizontally …

Planctomycetes are ubiquitous, environmentally and biotechnologically important bacteria
that are key players in global carbon and nitrogen cycles. Ever since their first discovery in …

Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a
variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional …

Organisms throughout the tree of life accumulate chemical resources, in particular forms or
compartments, to secure their availability for future use. Here we review microbial storage …

Xanthomonas is a large genus of Gram-negative bacteria that cause disease in hundreds of
plant hosts, including many economically important crops. Pathogenic species and …

Planctomycetes form a distinct phylum of the domain Bacteria and possess unusual features
such as intracellular compartmentalization and a lack of peptidoglycan in their cell walls …

Background Alignment-free (AF) sequence comparison is attracting persistent interest driven
by data-intensive applications. Hence, many AF procedures have been proposed in recent …

Various independent discoveries have shown that many organic codes exist in living
systems, and this implies that they came into being during the history of life and contributed …

Phylogenetic inference is generally performed on the basis of multiple sequence alignments
(MSA). Because errors in an alignment can lead to errors in tree estimation, there is a strong …