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CloVR-Comparative: automated, cloud-enabled comparative microbial genome sequence analysis pipeline

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Sonia Agrawal
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Cesar Arze
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Ricky S. Adkins
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Jonathan Crabtree
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David R. Riley
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Mahesh Vangala
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Kevin Galens
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Claire M. Fraser
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Hervé Tettelin
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Owen White
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Samuel V. Angiuoli
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Anup Mahurkar
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W. Florian Fricke *
DOI:10.1186/s12864-017-3717-3delete
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Background: The benefit of increasing genomic sequence data to the scientific community depends on easy-to-use, scalable bioinformatics support. CloVR-Comparative combines commonly used bioinformatics tools into an intuitive, automated, and cloud-enabled analysis pipeline for comparative microbial genomics. Results: CloVR-Comparative runs on annotated complete or draft genome sequences that are uploaded by the user or selected via a taxonomic tree-based user interface and downloaded from NCBI. CloVR-Comparative runs reference-free multiple whole-genome alignments to determine unique, shared and core coding sequences (CDSs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Output includes short summary reports and detailed text-based results files, graphical visualizations (phylogenetic trees, circular figures), and a database file linked to the Sybil comparative genome browser. Data up-and download, pipeline configuration and monitoring, and access to Sybil are managed through CloVR-Comparative web interface. CloVR-Comparative and Sybil are distributed as part of the CloVR virtual appliance, which runs on local computers or the Amazon EC2 cloud. Representative datasets (e.g. 40 draft and complete Escherichia coli genomes) are processed in <36 h on a local desktop or at a cost of <$20 on EC2. Conclusions: CloVR-Comparative allows anybody with Internet access to run comparative genomics projects, while eliminating the need for on-site computational resources and expertise.
Keywords:
Comparative genomics
Microbial genomics
Automated analysis
Whole-genome alignment
Bioinformatics resource
Virtual machine
Cloud computing
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BMC Genomics
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University System of Maryland
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