BacMap
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| Content | |
|---|---|
| Description | A database of annotated bacterial genomes and their chromosome/genome maps |
| Data types captured | Gene sequence data, protein sequence data, general gene and protein annotation, gene positions, general genome/proteome statistics, taxonomic and phenotypic information, bacterial chromosome maps (images) |
| Contact | |
Research center | University of Alberta |
| Laboratory | David S. Wishart |
| Primary citation | [1][2] |
| Access | |
| Website | http://wishart.biology.ualberta.ca/BacMap/ (version 1.0); http://bacmap.wishartlab.com/ (version 2.0) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Data release frequency | Updated every 2-3 months |
| Curation policy | Manually curated |
BacMap is a freely available web-accessible database containing fully annotated, fully zoomable and fully searchable
chromosome map are colored according to coding directions and when sufficiently zoomed-in, gene labels are visible. Each gene label on a BacMap genome map is also hyperlinked to a 'gene card' (Fig. 2). The gene cards provide detailed information about the corresponding DNA and protein sequences. Each genome map in BacMap is searchable via BLAST
and a gene name/synonym search.
Because of the growing interest in metagenomics and large-scale
microbe itself. BacMap also has a number of updated data browsing and text searching tools that allow filtering, sorting and more facile display of the chromosome
maps and their contents.
Scope and Access
All data in BacMap is non-proprietary or is derived from a non-proprietary source. It is freely accessible and available to anyone. In addition, nearly every data item is fully traceable and explicitly referenced to the original source. BacMap data is available through a public web interface and downloads.
See also
- Nucleoid
- Circular bacterial chromosome
- Functional genomics
- BASys
- CGView