Improvements to PATRIC, the all-bacterial Bioinformatics Database and Analysis Resource Center

Improvements to PATRIC, the all-bacterial Bioinformatics Database and Analysis Resource Center

2017, Vol. 45, Database issue | Alice R. Wattam, James J. Davis, Rida Assaf, Sébastien Boisvert, Thomas Brettin, Christopher Bun, Neal Conrad, Emily M. Dietrich, Terry Disz, Joseph L. Gabbard, Svetlana Gerdes, Christopher S. Henry, Ronald W. Kenyon, Dustin Machi, Chunhong Mao, Eric K. Nordberg, Gary J. Olsen, Daniel E. Murphy-Olson, Robert Olson, Ross Overbeek, Bruce Parrello, Gordon D. Pusch, Maulik Shukla, Veronika Vonstein, Andrew Warren, Fangfang Xia, Hyunseung Yoo and Rick L. Stevens
The Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is an all-bacterial Bioinformatics Resource Center that has undergone significant improvements, including a redesigned web interface and new services. The new interface enhances user access to tools and data, with a focus on user-created genome groups and detailed summaries. Key enhancements include: 1. **Enhanced Private Data Analysis**: Researchers can now assemble and annotate raw sequence reads using RASTtk, and perform RNA-Seq, variation, model reconstruction, and differential expression analysis within a private workspace. Private data can be compared to public data through 'virtual integration.' 2. **Expanded Genome Collection**: PATRIC now includes over 80,000 genomes, with a special emphasis on genomes with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data. This data is used to improve subsystem annotation and k-mer classification, and to predict antibiotic susceptibility or resistance. 3. **New Services**: PATRIC offers a range of services such as genome assembly, annotation, RNA-Seq analysis, expression import, proteome comparison, metabolic model reconstruction, and variation analysis. These services are designed to streamline common bioinformatic workflows and are accessible through a private workspace. 4. **Data Enhancements**: PATRIC imports genomes from GenBank monthly and has assembled approximately 8,500 genomes with AMR metadata from SRA and ENA. The platform also maintains up-to-date protein families and provides downloadable files for all genomes, annotations, and AMR metadata. 5. **Future Directions**: PATRIC plans to enhance clinical research support, increase focus on modeling, and improve therapeutics support by leveraging advanced computational approaches and multi-omics data integration. These improvements aim to provide a more comprehensive and user-friendly platform for bacterial genomics and bioinformatics research.The Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is an all-bacterial Bioinformatics Resource Center that has undergone significant improvements, including a redesigned web interface and new services. The new interface enhances user access to tools and data, with a focus on user-created genome groups and detailed summaries. Key enhancements include: 1. **Enhanced Private Data Analysis**: Researchers can now assemble and annotate raw sequence reads using RASTtk, and perform RNA-Seq, variation, model reconstruction, and differential expression analysis within a private workspace. Private data can be compared to public data through 'virtual integration.' 2. **Expanded Genome Collection**: PATRIC now includes over 80,000 genomes, with a special emphasis on genomes with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data. This data is used to improve subsystem annotation and k-mer classification, and to predict antibiotic susceptibility or resistance. 3. **New Services**: PATRIC offers a range of services such as genome assembly, annotation, RNA-Seq analysis, expression import, proteome comparison, metabolic model reconstruction, and variation analysis. These services are designed to streamline common bioinformatic workflows and are accessible through a private workspace. 4. **Data Enhancements**: PATRIC imports genomes from GenBank monthly and has assembled approximately 8,500 genomes with AMR metadata from SRA and ENA. The platform also maintains up-to-date protein families and provides downloadable files for all genomes, annotations, and AMR metadata. 5. **Future Directions**: PATRIC plans to enhance clinical research support, increase focus on modeling, and improve therapeutics support by leveraging advanced computational approaches and multi-omics data integration. These improvements aim to provide a more comprehensive and user-friendly platform for bacterial genomics and bioinformatics research.
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