MBGD: Microbial Genome Database for Comparative Analysis

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Introduction to MBGD

References

Please cite the following references when you refer to MBGD in your published work:

Uchiyama, I
MBGD: microbial genome database for comparative analysis
Nucleic Acids Res. 31, 58-62, 2003.

Uchiyama, I
MBGD: a platform for microbial comparative genomics based on the automated construction of orthologous groups
Nucleic Acids Res. 35, D343-D346, 2007.

Uchiyama, I, Higuchi, T., Kawai, M.
MBGD update 2010: toward a comprehensive resource for exploring microbial genome diversity
Nucleic Acids Res. 35, D361-D365, 2010.

Uchiyama I, Mihara M, Nishide H, Chiba H.
MBGD update 2013: the microbial genome database for exploring the diversity of microbial world.
Nucleic Acids Res. 41, D631-D635, 2013.

Data sources and programs

Data for constructing MBGD were mostly taken from NCBI RefSeq genome entries. See MBGD data sources for detail.
In addition, the following programs/databases are used in MBGD.

Contact address:

For questions and comments, please contact to:

Ikuo Uchiyama
National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki National Research Institutes
Email: uchiyama@nibb.ac.jp

Acknowledgements

This database is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

(For the initial version)
I am grateful to Prof. Toshihisa Takagi (Human Genome Center, Univ. Tokyo) for his advice and help in initiating this project as well as continuous support, and to Prof. Naotake Ogasawara (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech.) for helpful suggestions and comments. I also thank Toshio Higuchi (Intec W&G) for programming help, and Yoichi Hashimoto and Kagehiko Kitano (Intec W&G) for their contributions at the initial stage of this project. This work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. The software development was initially supported by Human Genome Center, University of Tokyo.