Introducing EzBioCloud: A taxonomically united database of 16S rRNA gene sequences and whole-genome assemblies

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1613-1617

  Yoon, Seok Hwan ^a   Ha, Sung Min ^a   Kwon, Soonjae ^a   Lim, Jeongmin ^a   Kim, Yeseul ^a   Seo, Hyungseok ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Average nucleotide identity; Database; Genome; Identification

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; GLYCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EZBIOCLOUD; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROBIOME; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROFLORA; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85013809817     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001755     Document Type: Article

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