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	<title><![CDATA[Useful Bioinformatics Analysis Tools !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=cometa&amp;subpage=about">CoMeta</a></h3><p><strong>Classificier of reads from metagenomic sequencing experiments.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kawulok, J., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>CoMeta: Classification of Metagenomes Using k-mers</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121453">PLOS ONE,&nbsp;</a><span>2015; 10(4):1&ndash;23,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=CoMSA&amp;subpage=about">CoMSA</a></h3><p><strong>Compressor of multiple sequence alignments of proteins.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Walczyszyn, J., Debudaj-Grabysz, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>CoMSA: compression of protein multiple sequence alignment files</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty619">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2019; 35(2):22&ndash;234,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=dsrc&amp;subpage=about">DSRC</a></h3><p><strong>Compressor of sequencing reads.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roguski, L., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>DSRC 2: Industry-oriented compression of FASTQ files</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/15/2213">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2014; 30(15):2213&ndash;2215,</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Compression of DNA sequences in FASTQ format</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2011; 27(6):860&ndash;862,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=famsa&amp;subpage=about">FAMSA</a></h3><p><strong>Multiple sequence alignment designed for huge families of proteins (even containing hundreds of thousands of sequences).</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Debudaj-Grabysz, A., Gudys, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>FAMSA: Fast and accurate multiple sequence alignment of huge protein families</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep33964">Scientific Reports,&nbsp;</a><span>2016; 6(33964):</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=fastore&amp;subpage=about">FaStore</a></h3><p><strong>Compressor of FASTQ files.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roguski, L., Ochoa, I., Hernaez, M., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>FaStore - a space-saving solution for raw sequencing data</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty205">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2018; 34(16):2748&ndash;2756,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=fqsqueezer&amp;subpage=about">FQSqueezer</a></h3><p><strong>Experimental high-end compressor of FASTQ files.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>FQSqueezer: k-mer-based compression of sequencing data</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-57452-6">Scientific Reports,&nbsp;</a><span>2020; 10(578):</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=gdc&amp;subpage=about">GDC</a></h3><p><strong>Compressor of collections of genome sequences.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Danek, A., Niemiec, M.,&nbsp;</span><em>GDC 2: Compression of large collections of genomes</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150625/srep11565/full/srep11565.html">Scientific Reports,&nbsp;</a><span>2015; 5(11565):1&ndash;12,</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Robust relative compression of genomes with random access</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/21/2979.abstract">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2011; 27(21):2979&ndash;2986,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=gtc&amp;subpage=about">GTC</a></h3><p><strong>Genotype databases compressor with support for fast queries.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Danek, A., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>GTC: how to maintain huge genotype collections in a compressed form</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty023">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2018; 34(11):1834&ndash;1840,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=gtshark&amp;subpage=about">GTShark</a></h3><p><strong>Genotypes compressor.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Danek, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>GTShark: Genotype compression in large projects</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btz508">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2019; 35(22):4791&ndash;4793,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=kmc&amp;subpage=about">KMC</a></h3><p><strong>Memory frugal&nbsp;<em>k</em>-mer counter.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kokot, M., Długosz, M., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>KMC 3: counting and manipulating k -mer statistics</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx304">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2017; 33(17):2759&ndash;2761,</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Kokot, M., Grabowski, Sz., Debudaj-Grabysz, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>KMC 2: Fast and resource-frugal k-mer counting</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btv022">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2015; 31(10):1569&ndash;1576,</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Debudaj-Grabysz, A., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Disk-based k-mer counting on a PC</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/14/160">BMC Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2013; 14():Article no. 160,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=kmer-db&amp;subpage=about">Kmer-db</a></h3><p><strong>Tool for estimation of evolutionary distances in a collection of genomes.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Gudys, A., Dlugosz, M., Kokot, M., Danek, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>Kmer-db: instant evolutionary distance estimation</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty610">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2019; 35(1):133&ndash;136,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=mugi&amp;subpage=about">MuGI</a></h3><p><strong>Index allowing queries for a collection of multiple genome sequences.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Danek, A., Deorowicz, S., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Indexes of Large Genome Collections on a PC</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109384">PLOS ONE,&nbsp;</a><span>2014; 9(10):e109384,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=orcom&amp;subpage=about">ORCOM</a></h3><p><strong>Experimental compressor of sequencing reads.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Grabowski, Sz., Deorowicz, S., Roguski, L.,&nbsp;</span><em>Disk-based compression of data from genome sequencing</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/12/22/bioinformatics.btu844.abstract">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2014; 31(9):1389&ndash;1395,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=pgsa&amp;subpage=about">PgSA</a></h3><p><strong>Index allowing queries for a collection of sequencing reads.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kowalski, T., Grabowski, Sz., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>Indexing arbitrary-length k-mers in sequencing reads</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133198">PLOS ONE,&nbsp;</a><span>2015; 10(7):1&ndash;16,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=quickprobs&amp;subpage=about">QuickProbs</a></h3><p><strong>Multiple sequence alignment designed especially for GPU.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gudys, A., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>QuickProbs 2: towards rapid construction of high-quality alignments of large protein families</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep41553">Scientific Reports,&nbsp;</a><span>2017; 7(41553):</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gudys, A., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>QuickProbs &ndash; A Fast Multiple Sequence Alignment Algorithm Designed for Graphics Processors</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0088901">PLOS ONE,&nbsp;</a><span>2014; 9(2):e88901,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=reckoner&amp;subpage=about">RECKONER</a></h3><p><strong>Read error corrector.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maciej Długosz, M., Deorowicz, S.,&nbsp;</span><em>RECKONER: read error corrector based on KMC</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article-abstract/33/7/1086/2843893/RECKONER-read-error-corrector-based-on-KMC">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2017; 33(7):1086&ndash;1089,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=tgc&amp;subpage=about">TGC</a></h3><p><strong>Compressor of collections of genomes given in Variant Call Format (VCF) files.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Danek, A., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Genome compression: a novel approach for large collections</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/29/bioinformatics.btt460">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2013; 29(20):2572&ndash;2578,</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=vcfshark&amp;subpage=about">VCFShark</a></h3><p><strong>Compressor of VCF files.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Danek, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>GTShark: Genotype compression in large projects</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.18.423437v1">biorxiv.org,&nbsp;</a><span>2020; ():</span></p><h3><a href="http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&amp;project=whisper&amp;subpage=about">Whisper</a></h3><p><strong>Experimental mapper of whole genome sequencing data.</strong></p><p><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Gudys, A.,&nbsp;</span><em>Whisper 2: indel-sensitive short read mapping</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2019.12.18.881292">bioRxiv.org,&nbsp;</a><span>2019; :</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Debudaj-Grabysz, A., Gudys, A., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Whisper: read sorting allows robust robust mapping of DNA sequencing data</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty927">Bioinformatics,&nbsp;</a><span>2019; 35(12):2043&ndash;2050,</span><br /><span>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deorowicz, S., Debudaj-Grabysz, A., Gudys, A., Grabowski, Sz.,&nbsp;</span><em>Robust mapping of whole genome sequencing data</em><span>,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://meetings.cshl.edu/abstracts.aspx?meet=GENOME&amp;year=17">Poster at The Biology of Genomes Conference,&nbsp;</a><span>2017;</span></p>]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:06:15 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/44213/bioinformatics-tools-to-explore-ssrs-in-genomes</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Bioinformatics tools to explore SSRs in genomes !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>There are several bioinformatics tools that can be used to explore Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs), which are also known as microsatellites. Here are a few examples:</p><ol>
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<p>MISA: MISA (MIcroSAtellite) is a web-based tool that can identify SSRs in DNA sequences. It can be used to analyze nucleotide sequences from various organisms and can identify perfect, compound, and imperfect SSRs.</p>
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<p>SSR Locator: SSR Locator is a web-based tool that identifies SSRs in both DNA and RNA sequences. It can identify perfect, compound, and imperfect SSRs, and can also filter out low complexity regions.</p>
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<p>SciRoKo: SciRoKo is a software tool that can identify SSRs in DNA sequences. It can be used to analyze genomic and transcriptomic sequences from various organisms and can identify perfect, compound, and imperfect SSRs.</p>
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<p>Primer3: Primer3 is a web-based tool that designs PCR primers for SSRs. It can design primers for perfect and imperfect SSRs, and can be used to design primers for SSRs in various organisms.</p>
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<p>QDD: QDD (Quick Detection of Duplication) is a software tool that can identify SSRs in DNA sequences and can also identify duplicate loci. It can be used to analyze genomic and transcriptomic sequences from various organisms.</p>
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</ol><p>These are just a few examples of the many bioinformatics tools available for exploring SSRs. Depending on your specific needs and research questions, you may find that other tools are more appropriate for your analysis.</p>]]></description>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/44731/exploring-bacterial-comparative-genomics-a-bioinformatics-approach</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:31:14 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/44731/exploring-bacterial-comparative-genomics-a-bioinformatics-approach</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Exploring Bacterial Comparative Genomics: A Bioinformatics Approach]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>In the world of microbiology, bacteria have long fascinated scientists for their diversity, adaptability, and crucial roles in ecosystems and human health. Comparative genomics&mdash;a field that involves analyzing and comparing the genomes of different organisms&mdash;has revolutionized our understanding of bacterial evolution, adaptation, and pathogenicity. By leveraging bioinformatics tools and techniques, researchers can uncover genomic insights that were once hidden. This blog delves into the principles, methodologies, and applications of bacterial comparative genomics from a bioinformatics perspective.</p><h4><strong>What is Bacterial Comparative Genomics?</strong></h4><p>Comparative genomics involves the systematic comparison of genomes across different bacterial species or strains. This approach allows scientists to:</p><ul>
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<p>Identify conserved and unique genes.</p>
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<p>Explore genetic determinants of pathogenicity.</p>
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<p>Understand bacterial evolution and phylogenetics.</p>
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<p>Investigate horizontal gene transfer and its role in antibiotic resistance.</p>
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</ul><p>Bioinformatics is central to these analyses, enabling the processing and interpretation of large-scale genomic data.</p><h4><strong>Key Steps in Bacterial Comparative Genomics</strong></h4><ol>
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<p><strong>Genome Sequencing and Assembly</strong>: The process begins with obtaining high-quality bacterial genome sequences. Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have made it faster and more affordable to sequence bacterial genomes. Tools such as SPAdes and Velvet are commonly used for genome assembly.</p>
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<p><strong>Genome Annotation</strong>: Annotating a genome involves identifying genes, regulatory elements, and other genomic features. Automated tools like Prokka and RAST provide functional annotations, allowing researchers to predict the roles of genes and proteins.</p>
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<p><strong>Genome Alignment</strong>: Aligning genomes is crucial for identifying conserved regions, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and structural variations. Tools like Mauve and progressiveMauve are commonly employed for whole-genome alignments.</p>
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<p><strong>Comparative Analyses</strong>:</p>
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<p><strong>Core and Pan-genome Analysis</strong>: The core genome consists of genes shared across all strains of a species, while the pan-genome includes all genes found in any strain. Software like Roary and BPGA can perform core and pan-genome analyses.</p>
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<p><strong>Phylogenetic Analysis</strong>: Comparative genomics often involves reconstructing evolutionary relationships. Tools such as MEGA and IQ-TREE facilitate phylogenetic tree construction based on genomic data.</p>
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<p><strong>Functional Enrichment Analysis</strong>: To understand the biological significance of unique or shared genes, functional enrichment analysis using databases like GO (Gene Ontology) and KEGG is essential.</p>
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</ol><div>&nbsp;<strong style="font-size: 1em;">Recommended Bioinformatics Tools for Comparative Genomics</strong></div><p>Here are some additional bioinformatics tools that can aid bacterial comparative genomics:</p><ul>
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<p><strong>OrthoFinder</strong>: For accurate ortholog identification across multiple genomes.</p>
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<p><strong>PanOCT</strong>: Specifically designed for pan-genome clustering and annotation.</p>
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<p><strong>FASTANI</strong>: A tool for calculating Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) for microbial genome comparisons.</p>
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<p><strong>CIRCOS</strong>: For visually comparing genomic data through circular genome plots.</p>
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<p><strong>Galaxy Platform</strong>: A user-friendly web-based platform offering numerous genomic analysis tools.</p>
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<p><strong>BLAST</strong>: Essential for sequence alignment and similarity searches.</p>
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<p><strong>PhyloSift</strong>: Focused on phylogenetic analysis of microbial genomes using marker genes.</p>
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</ul><p>These tools, in combination with the methods discussed, provide a robust framework for conducting comprehensive comparative genomic studies.</p><h4><strong>Applications of Bacterial Comparative Genomics</strong></h4><ol>
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<p><strong>Understanding Pathogenicity</strong>: Comparative genomics helps identify virulence factors that distinguish pathogenic strains from non-pathogenic relatives. For instance, comparing genomes of <em>Escherichia coli</em> strains has revealed key genetic determinants of pathogenicity in enterohemorrhagic strains.</p>
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<p><strong>Antibiotic Resistance Research</strong>: The spread of antibiotic resistance genes through horizontal gene transfer is a major global concern. Comparative analyses can trace the origins and dissemination of resistance genes, aiding in the development of countermeasures.</p>
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<p><strong>Microbial Ecology and Evolution</strong>: By studying genomic variations, researchers can understand how bacteria adapt to different environments. This is particularly relevant for extremophiles and symbiotic bacteria.</p>
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<p><strong>Vaccine Development</strong>: Identifying conserved antigens across pathogenic strains is critical for vaccine design. Comparative genomics has been instrumental in developing vaccines against pathogens like <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em>.</p>
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<p><strong>Biotechnology Applications</strong>: Comparative studies can uncover unique metabolic pathways in bacteria, paving the way for applications in bioremediation, synthetic biology, and industrial microbiology.</p>
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</ol><h4><strong>Challenges in Bacterial Comparative Genomics</strong></h4><p>While the field has made significant strides, several challenges remain:</p><ul>
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<p><strong>Data Overload</strong>: The rapid growth of sequencing data requires robust computational infrastructure and efficient algorithms.</p>
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<p><strong>Genome Plasticity</strong>: High rates of horizontal gene transfer and genome rearrangements in bacteria complicate comparative analyses.</p>
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<p><strong>Annotation Accuracy</strong>: Automated annotation tools are not infallible, and manual curation is often needed for high-confidence results.</p>
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<p><strong>Interpreting Non-Coding Regions</strong>: Understanding the functional significance of non-coding genomic regions remains a challenge.</p>
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</ul><h4><strong>Future Directions</strong></h4><p>The integration of bacterial comparative genomics with other &lsquo;omics&rsquo; approaches&mdash;such as transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics&mdash;promises a more comprehensive understanding of bacterial biology. Additionally, advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence are likely to further enhance bioinformatics analyses, enabling the prediction of complex phenotypes from genomic data.</p><h4><strong>Conclusion</strong></h4><p>Bacterial comparative genomics, driven by bioinformatics, continues to unravel the complexities of bacterial life. From combating antibiotic resistance to uncovering the secrets of microbial evolution, this interdisciplinary field holds immense potential for addressing pressing challenges in microbiology and beyond. As technology advances, so too will our ability to harness the power of comparative genomics for scientific and societal benefit.</p>]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:42:30 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/45343/simulating-the-unseen-new-tools-reshaping-metagenomic-research</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Simulating the Unseen: New Tools Reshaping Metagenomic Research]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>When benchmarking a new metagenomic pipeline the first step is generally to face a simple problem. A bioinformatician might have a good deal of real sequencing data, but there's a drawback in that the actual biological composition underlying those reads is almost never known. What organisms really were there? In what quantities? How many sequencing errors occurred? Can the pipeline correctly reconstruct the community? Since the true answers are unknown, it is difficult to deal with these questions.</p><p>Metagenomic simulators are a way of dealing with this issue; they produce artificial sequencing datasets in which both the composition of the microorganisms and the expected results are known. Researchers can then test a pipeline on such a controlled dataset and see precisely how well it functions. However, as metagenomic studies have become larger, more diverse, and more complex, simply generating artificial reads is no longer sufficient. The simulators now have to replicate community variation, sequencing errors, different sequencing platforms, massive data volumes, and even laboratory-based biases.</p><p>MIDASim (2024) was designed with a particular emphasis on microbial community dynamics. Unlike previous tools which regarded each simulated sample as individual, MIDASim is able to efficiently generate realistic multi-sample microbiome datasets, covering the cases where changes over time are being tracked. This feature is particularly useful when investigating how microbial communities vary between people, different experimental setups, or at various times. By overcoming the computational limitations of earlier simulation methods, MIDASim has made it easier to carry out large and complex microbiome simulation studies.</p><p>A major challenge is scale. Since modern metagenomic projects can involve millions or even billions of sequencing reads, generating such large synthetic datasets can become a significant computational problem. In order to tackle this issue, Izzy (2025) was developed. As a high-throughput metagenomic read simulator, Izzy is designed with speed in mind while still reproducing the typical patterns of sequencing errors. The people who developed it stated that it can be as much as 60 times faster than earlier tools, which makes large-scale simulations far more practical. Now, researchers can begin to ask not how long a simulation will take but rather what size dataset they want to test.</p><p>At the same time, the sequencing technology became more diverse. Researchers were not any longer restricted to using Illumina short reads since Oxford Nanopore and PacBio long-read sequencing also became important in the field of metagenomic research. In order to address these new requirements, MeSS (Metagenomic Sequence Simulator, 2025) was developed. The programme is based on a Snakemake framework and is therefore compatible with the Illumina, Oxford Nanopore and PacBio platforms. MeSS has also been designed to operate efficiently and to use less memory than earlier tools; it provides ready-made templates for the microbiomes of different sites in the human body, thus giving researchers a simple means of beginning to generate realistic simulated communities.</p><p>The simulation problem became even more specialized. Suppose that sequencing is not based on uniform sampling of DNA? In the case of targeted sequencing and hybridization-capture experiments, particular sequences are deliberately enriched, and the probability of capturing a target depends on both the probe and the target sequence. A standard model based on uniform sampling might fail to take into account this important feature of real experiments. That is why RAmpSim has been designed specifically to handle simulations for capture-based and targeted sequencing. Instead of depending solely on the assumption of uniform sampling, it includes a thermodynamic nearest-neighbor energy model to represent probe&ndash;target interactions and sequence-dependent enrichment. As a result, it is especially suitable for applications such as hybridization capture in metagenomics, where the efficiency of recovering a sequence can depend strongly on how it relates to the capture probes. RAmpSim thus reflects a wider trend towards simulations that aim not only to reproduce sequencing output but also key aspects of the experimental process itself.</p><p>MIDASim, Izzy, MeSS and RAmpSim all demonstrate how fast metagenomic simulation is evolving. MIDASim is able to deal with realistic variation within a large number of and changing microbial communities. Izzy overcomes the problem of generating very large datasets. MeSS provides support for a number of sequencing technologies in an efficient and repeatable manner. RAmpSim increases the experimental realism for capture-based sequencing. Although each of these tools addresses a separate issue, they all contribute to advancing the field.</p><p>Modern metagenomic simulation therefore aims not only at producing artificial FASTQ files. Researchers nowadays desire simulated datasets that reflect community changes, incorporate the characteristics of the sequencing platform, include real error patterns, take into account computational scale, and account for experimental biases. As metagenomic workflows become more advanced, the simulators have to keep up with this development. The tools are now going beyond that of simple data generators; they produce controlled versions of complex metagenomic experiments and thus provide researchers with something that ordinary sequencing data seldom does: a dataset in which the answer is known before any analysis takes place.</p>]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:01:31 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/pages/view/35395/comprehensive-list-of-visualization-tools-for-biological-pathways</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Comprehensive list of visualization tools for biological pathways]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>The study of biological pathways is a key to understand the different processes inside a cell: proteins exert their function not in isolation but in a tightly controlled network of interactions and reactions. Activation of a pathway typically leads to a change of state in the cell. Pathways come in different flavors, depending on their functions in the cell &ndash; the three main types are metabolic pathways, gene regulatory pathways, and signaling pathways. These biological pathways and networks are not only an appropriate approach to visualize molecular reactions. They have also become one leading method in -omics data analysis and visualization.</p><p><img src="https://photos-1.dropbox.com/t/2/AABemz29qAuSTqSzr5mEsQE7JIMxZlU1CBy0E5n0yUVYbA/12/85115969/png/32x32/1/_/1/2/pathway.png/EOfXoUIYrJ8CIAcoBw/01qsT2eykyPvSH-rNpy3cqioDzZPc4i-xULG3BEZvCk?preserve_transparency=1&amp;size=1280x960&amp;size_mode=3" width="800" height="533" alt="image" style="border: 0px;"></p><p>Following are the comprehensive list of visualization tools for biological pathways:</p><p>BiNA</p><p>Drawings of metabolic networks supporting hiding of cofactors and drawing of chemical structures</p><p>http://bina.unipax.info/</p><p>BioTapestry</p><p>Interactive tool for building, visualizing and sharing gene regulatory network models over the web</p><p>http://www.biotapestry.org/</p><p>Caleydo</p><p>Visual analysis framework targeted at biomolecular data. Visualization of interdependencies between multiple datasets</p><p>http://www.caleydo.org/</p><p>CellDesigner</p><p>A modeling tool for biochemical networks</p><p>http://www.celldesigner.org/</p><p>Edinburgh Pathway Editor</p><p>Edit and draw pathway diagrams</p><p>http://epe.sourceforge.net/SourceForge/EPE.html</p><p>GenMAPP</p><p>Visualization of gene expression and other genomic data on maps representing biological pathways and groupings of genes</p><p>http://www.genmapp.org/</p><p>Ingenuity IPA</p><p>Data integration platform and manually annotated pathways</p><p>http://tinyurl.com/IngenuityPath</p><p>JDesigner</p><p>Graphical modeling environment for biochemical reaction networks</p><p>http://jdesigner.sourceforge.net/Site/JDesigner.html</p><p>KaPPA View</p><p>Plant pathways</p><p>http://kpv.kazusa.or.jp/</p><p>KEGG Atlas</p><p>Interactive Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways</p><p>http://www.genome.jp/kegg/</p><p>Omix&nbsp;</p><p>Visualizing multi-omics data in metabolic networks</p><p>https://www.omix-visualization.com</p><p>PathVisio&nbsp;</p><p>Biological pathway analysis software that allows drawing, editing and analysis of biological pathways</p><p>http://www.pathvisio.org/</p><p>VitaPad&nbsp;</p><p>Application to visualize biological pathways and map experimental data to them</p><p>http://tinyurl.com/vitapad/</p><p>Web tools for pathways</p><p>ArrayXPath&nbsp;</p><p>Mapping and visualizing microarray gene-expression data and integrated biological pathway resources using SVG</p><p>http://tinyurl.com/ArrayXPath/</p><p>GEPAT&nbsp;</p><p>Integrated analysis of transcriptome data in genomic, proteomic and metabolic contexts</p><p>http://gepat.sourceforge.net/</p><p>iPath&nbsp;</p><p>Web-based tool for the visualization, analysis and customization of pathway maps</p><p>http://pathways.embl.de/</p><p>Kegg-Based Viewer&nbsp;</p><p>KEGG-based pathway visualization tool for complex high-throughput data</p><p>http://www.g-language.org/data/marray/</p><p>MapMan&nbsp;</p><p>User-driven tool that displays large datasets onto diagrams of metabolic pathways or other processes</p><p>http://mapman.gabipd.org/web/guest/mapman</p><p>MetPA&nbsp;</p><p>Analysis and visualization of metabolomic data within the biological context of metabolic pathways</p><p>http://metpa.metabolomics.ca</p><p>Omics Viewer&nbsp;</p><p>Data mapping on BioCyc pathways (collection of 5500 pathway/genome databases)</p><p>http://www.biocyc.org/</p><p>Pathway Explorer</p><p>Interactive Java drawing tool for the construction of biological pathway diagrams in a visual way and the annotation of the components and interactions between them</p><p>http://genome.tugraz.at/pathwayexplorer/pathwayexplorer_description.shtml</p><p>Pathway projector&nbsp;</p><p>Zoomable pathway browser using KEGG atlas and Google Maps API</p><p>http://www.g-language.org/PathwayProjector/</p><p>PATIKA&nbsp;</p><p>Integrated environment composed of a central database and a visual editor, built around an extensive ontology and an integration framework</p><p>http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~patikaweb/</p><p>Reactome SkyPainter&nbsp;</p><p>Visualization of over-represented pathways and reactions from gene lists</p><p>http://www.reactome.org/skypainter-2</p><p>WikiPathways</p><p>Wiki-based, open, public platform dedicated to the curation of biological pathways by and for the scientific community</p><p>http://www.wikipathways.org/</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Neel</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:25:33 -0600</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[List of visualization tools for genome alignments]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>Genome</span><span>&nbsp;browsers are useful not only for showing final results but also for improving analysis protocols, testing data quality, and generating result drafts. Its integration in analysis pipelines allows the optimization of parameters, which leads to better results. But sometime, we need publication ready figure of genomes. Following are the list of genome alignment visualization tools, which could be useful for analysis and&nbsp;interpretation of results:</span></p><p>ABySS Explorer</p><p>Interactive Java application that uses a novel graph-based representation to display a sequence assembly and associated metadata</p><p>http://www.bcgsc.ca/platform/bioinfo/software/abyss-explorer</p><p>BamView</p><p>Genome browser and annotation tool that allows visualization of sequence features, next-generation sequencing (NGS) data and the results of analyses within the context of the sequence, and also its six-frame translation</p><p>http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/software/artemis/</p><p>DNannotator&nbsp;</p><p>Annotation web toolkit for regional genomic sequences</p><p>http://bioapp.psych.uic.edu/DNannotator.htm</p><p>JVM&nbsp;</p><p>Java Visual Mapping tool for NGS reads</p><p>http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9789401792448-c2.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1487072-p176815501</p><p>LookSeq&nbsp;</p><p>Web-based visualization of sequences derived from multiple sequencing technologies. Low- or high-depth read pileups and easy visualization of putative single nucleotide and structural variation</p><p>http://lookseq.sourceforge.net</p><p>MagicViewer&nbsp;</p><p>Visualization of short read alignment, identification of genetic variation and association with annotation information of a reference genome</p><p>http://bioinformatics.zj.cn/magicviewer/</p><p>MapView&nbsp;</p><p>Alignments of huge-scale single-end and pair-end short reads</p><p>http://omictools.com/mapview-s1367.html</p><p>MultiPipMaker</p><p>Computes alignments of similar regions in two DNA sequences. The resulting alignments are summarized with a &lsquo;percent identity plot&rsquo; (pip)</p><p>http://pipmaker.bx.psu.edu/pipmaker/</p><p>PileLineGUI&nbsp;</p><p>Handling genome position files in NGS studies</p><p>http://sing.ei.uvigo.es/pileline/pilelinegui.html</p><p>SAMtools tview&nbsp;</p><p>Simple and fast text alignment viewer; NGS compatible</p><p>http://www.htslib.org/</p><p>SEWAL</p><p>Uses a locality-sensitive hashing algorithm to enumerate all unique sequences in an entire Illumina sequencing run</p><p>http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/sewal</p><p>STAR&nbsp;</p><p>A web-based integrated solution to management and visualization of sequencing data</p><p>http://wanglab.ucsd.edu/star/browser</p><p>SVA&nbsp;</p><p>Software for annotating and visualizing sequenced human genomes</p><p>http://www.svaproject.org</p><p>Viewer (IGV)&nbsp;</p><p>Visualization of large heterogeneous datasets, providing a smooth and intuitive user experience at all levels of genome resolution</p><p>https://www.broadinstitute.org/igv/</p><p>ZOOM Lite&nbsp;</p><p>NGS data mapping and visualization software</p><p>http://bioinfor.com/zoom/lite/</p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:07:32 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gap filling or Contigs extensions tools !]]></title>
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<p>There are many tools to perform gap filling using Illumina short reads, for example "GapFiller: a de novo assembly approach to fill the gap within paired reads" or "Toward almost closed genomes with GapFiller". There are also some tools like GAPresolution that can help to perform local re-assemblies using 454 reads. We used GAPresolution but it is not a very good software, it is useful only in some specific situations.</p>

<p>Take a look at the PRICE software from the DeRisi lab. Its meant to do something very similar. http://derisilab.ucsf.edu/index.php?page=software</p>

<p>You could also look at SSPACE (http://www.baseclear.com/landingpages/basetools-a-wide-range-of-bioinformatics-solutions/sspacev12/), ATLAS tools (http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/content/bcm-hgsc-software), and SCARPA (http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/scarpa.html).</p>

<p>See the PAGIT protocol: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/software/pagit/ </p>

<p>In particular, take a look at the IMAGE tool: http://genomebiology.com/2010/11/4/R41 </p>

<p>Also SOAPdenovo has ha function for scaffolding. Not sure about ABYSS</p>

<p>Here there is a useful explanation of several tools.</p>

<p>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/search?q=scaffolding&amp;entity_type=object&amp;entity_subtype=bookmarks&amp;offset=0&amp;search_type=entities</p>

<p>I could be wrong, but the above answers to your hypothetical scenario appear to miss the point that you aren't interested in assembling the full genome, just the 100 kb part you're interested in. I suggest the following algorithm:</p>

<p>1. Start with the initial assembly C0 of the contigs you have identified as overlapping your region of interest, and the set S of reads those contigs contain. Let C = C0.</p>

<p>2. Repeat:<br />a. Identify paired-end reads (not in C) for which one or both ends align within, or extending, contigs in C.<br />b. Identify unpaired reads that align extending these new paired-end reads.<br />c. Construct a new assembly C' from C and the new reads identified in (a) and (b).<br />d. Trim C' so it does not extend more than 100 kb to either end of C0. Set C = C'.<br />e. Let S' denote the reads that contribute to C'. If S' does not contain any reads not present in S, stop. Otherwise, Set S = S'.</p>

<p>3. If you don't have a complete assembly of the region of interest, generate an STS for each end of each contig, probe a library for clones including these STSes, subclone these clones into a paired-end sequencing vector, and generate paired-end reads for this library; then try steps (1) and (2) again, adding these new sequencing reads to what you had before.</p>

<p>4. If your average sequencing depth for the region of interest exceeds 25 or so without filling all gaps, it is likely that the remaining gaps represent sequences that are not getting cloned in your sequencing vectors. Try different sequencing vectors.</p>
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	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2019 05:32:40 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/38743/molinspiration-broad-range-of-cheminformatics-software-tools-supporting-molecule-manipulation</link>
	<title><![CDATA[molinspiration: broad range of cheminformatics software tools supporting molecule manipulation]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>Molinspiration offers&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.molinspiration.com/products.html">broad range of cheminformatics software tools</a><span>&nbsp;supporting molecule manipulation and processing, including SMILES and SDfile conversion, normalization of molecules, generation of tautomers, molecule fragmentation, calculation of various molecular properties needed in QSAR, molecular modelling and drug design, high quality molecule depiction, molecular database tools supporting substructure and similarity searches. Our products support also fragment-based virtual screening, bioactivity prediction and data visualization. Molinspiration tools are written in Java, therefore can be used practically on any computer platform.</span></p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://www.molinspiration.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.molinspiration.com/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>BioJoker</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:25:21 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/news/view/42023/encode3-a-collection-of-research-articles-and-related-content-describing-the-encyclopedia-of-dna-elements-its-datasets-and-tools</link>
	<title><![CDATA[ENCODE3: A collection of research articles and related content describing the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, its datasets and tools.]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>How cells, tissues and organisms interpret the information encoded in the genome has vital implications for our understanding of development, health and disease. Launched in 2003, the ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project has the aim of mapping the functional elements in the human genome (later expanded to include model organisms).</p><p>During the first phase of ENCODE, published in 2007, microarray-based technologies were used to detect regions associated with transcription factors, certain histone modifications and open chromatin within a pre-specified 1% of the human genome.</p><p>ENCODE&rsquo;s second phase saw a switch to sequencing-based technologies, the addition of new assay types and the analysis of functional elements genome-wide, described in a collection of research articles in 2012.</p><p><span>The&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2493-4">Encyclopedia paper of ENCODE 3</a><span>, published in&nbsp;</span><em>Nature</em><span>, gives an overview of the various assays that were performed in human and mouse cell lines and tissues and describes a Registry of human and mouse candidate&nbsp;</span><em>cis</em><span>-regulatory elements (cCREs).</span></p><p>More at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-020-00027-2/index.html">https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-020-00027-2/index.html</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Shruti Paniwala</dc:creator>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:32:44 -0600</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/42936/ancient-whole-genome-duplication-wgd-detection-tools</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Ancient whole genome duplication (WGD) detection tools !]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>There are two methods for ancient WGD detection, one is collinearity analysis, and the other is based on the Ks distribution map. Among them, Ks is defined as the average number of synonymous substitutions at each synonymous site, and there is also a Ka corresponding to it, which refers to the average number of non-synonymous substitutions at each non-synonymous site.</p><p>At present, some people have posted articles about the analysis process of WGD. I searched for the keyword "wgd pipeline" and found the following:</p><p><strong>GenoDup: https:// github.com/MaoYafei/GenoDup-Pipeline</strong><br /><strong>https://peerj.com/articles/6303/</strong><br /><strong>WGDdetector: https:// github.com/yongzhiyang2 012/WGDdetector</strong><br /><strong>https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-019-2670-3</strong><br /><strong>wgd: https:// github.com/arzwa/wgd</strong><br /><strong>https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-016-1142-2#Sec1</strong><br /><strong>https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-017-0399-x</strong><br /><strong>GeNoGAP https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-016-1142-2</strong><br /><strong>https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-017-0399-x</strong><br /><strong>https://github.com/dfguan/purge_dups</strong><br /><strong>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.24.917997v1</strong></p><p>This article introduces the usage of wgd.</p><p>Wgd cannot be installed directly with bioconda at present, so it is a little troublesome to install, because it depends on a lot of software. wgd depends on the following software</p><p><strong>BLAST</strong><br /><strong>MCL</strong><br /><strong>MUSCLE/MAFFT/PRANK</strong><br /><strong>PAML</strong><br /><strong>PhyML/FastTree</strong><br /><strong>i-ADHoRe</strong></p><p>But the good news is that most of the software it depends on can be installed with bioconda</p><blockquote><p>conda create -n wgd python=3.5 blast mcl muscle mafft prank paml fasttree cmake libpng mpi=1.0=mpich<br />conda activate wgd</p></blockquote><p>Here mpi=1.0=mpich is selected, because i-adhore depends on mpich. If openmpi is installed, an error will appear while loading shared libraries: libmpi_cxx.so.40: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</p><p>After that, the installation is much simpler</p><blockquote><p>git clone https://github.com/arzwa/wgd.git<br />cd wgd<br />pip install .<br />pip install git+https://github.com/arzwa/wgd.git<br />For i-ADHoRe, you need to register at http:// bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be /webtools/i-adhore/licensing/Agree to the license to download i-ADHoRe-3.0</p></blockquote><p>Since my miniconda3 installed ~/opt/, the installation path is so~/opt/miniconda3/envs/wgd/</p><blockquote><p>tar -zxvf i-adhore-3.0.01.tar.gz<br />cd i-adhore-3.0.01<br />mkdir -p build &amp;&amp; cd build<br />cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/opt/miniconda3/envs/wgd/<br />make -j 4 <br />make insatall</p></blockquote><p>Take the sugarcane genome Saccharum spontaneum L as an example. The genome is 8-ploid with 32 chromosomes (2n = 4x8 = 32)</p><p><strong>Download the tutorial for CDS and GFF annotation files</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>mkdir -p wgd_tutorial &amp;&amp; cd wgd_tutorial</strong><br /><strong>wget http://www.life.illinois.edu/ming/downloads/Spontaneum_genome/Sspon.v20190103.cds.fasta.gz</strong><br /><strong>wget http://www.life.illinois.edu/ming/downloads/Spontaneum_genome/Sspon.v20190103.gff3.gz</strong><br /><strong>gunzip *.gz</strong></p></blockquote><p>First conda activate wgdstart our analysis environment, and then start the analysis</p><p>Step 1 : Use to wgd mclidentify homologous genes in the genome</p><blockquote><p>wgd mcl -n 20 --cds --mcl -s Sspon.v20190103.cds.fasta -o Sspon_cds.out</p></blockquote><p>Step 2 : Use to wgd ksdbuild Ks distribution</p><blockquote><p>wgd ksd --n_threads 80 Sspon_cds.out/Sspon.v20190103.cds.fasta.blast.tsv.mcl Sspon.v20190103.cds.fasta</p></blockquote><p>Step 3 : If the quality of the genome is good, then wgd syncollinearity analysis can be used . It can help us find the collinearity block in the genome and the corresponding anchor point</p><blockquote><p>wgd syn --feature gene --gene_attribute ID \<br /> -ks wgd_ksd/Sspon.v20190103.cds.fasta.ks.tsv \<br /> Sspon.v20190103.gff3 Sspon_cds.out/Sspon.v20190103.cds.fasta.blast.tsv.mcl</p></blockquote><p>&nbsp;For more reading - There are 9 sub-modules in WGD</p><ul>
<li><span>kde: KDE fitting to the Ks distribution</span></li>
<li><span>ksd: Ks distribution construction</span></li>
<li><span>mcl: BLASP comparison of All-vs-ALl + MCL classification analysis.</span></li>
<li><span><span>mix: Hybrid modeling of Ks distribution.</span></span></li>
<li><span>pre: preprocess the CDS file</span></li>
<li><span>syn: Call I-ADHoRe 3.0 to use GFF files for collinearity analysis</span></li>
<li><span>viz: draw histogram and density plot</span></li>
<li><span>wf1: Ks standard analysis procedure of the whole genome paranome (paranome), call mcl, ksd and syn</span></li>
<li><span>wf2: Ks standard analysis procedure of one-vs-one homologous gene (ortholog), call wcl and kSD</span></li>
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	<dc:creator>Rahul Nayak</dc:creator>
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