Gene database

Catalogue of gene repertoire database

Description:

Advent of next-generation, and newer long-read sequencing technologies have open up many previously inaccessible species such as plants for interrogation using genomics method. But, what lies at the core of the investigation is still a relatively simple question: what is the genetic repertoire of the species, or more succinctly, what are the genes present in the species? Thanks to significant increases in sequencing power and capacity, many genomes of bacterial and archaeal species are currently available in public databases. However, this does not mean that the rich resource of genetic information is available for easy scrutiny. This comes about due to the need for dedicated software able to parse the encoded information in the annotated genome into a recognisable form such as the familiar gene identifier, gene function, and gene sequence. The last of which is often presented as a pair of indices in the annotated genome file such as those from Genbank.

To help scientists without access to bioinformatics tools for parsing the annotated genome information available in public databases, this catalogue aims to feature the gene database of several prokaryotic and eukaryotic species of interest to basic microbiology and biotechnology. Each gene database features the whole repertoire of genes currently known to exist in the species, and wherever possible, each gene database is built using a reference genome of the species. Three variables populate each gene database and they are: gene identifier, gene function, and gene sequence. This catalogue evolves and the list will be augmented by interesting new species of importance to biology and biotechnology that the author encounters in his research.

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