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Assembly, Annotation, and Comparative Analysis of Bifidobacterial Genomes

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Bifidobacteria

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2278))

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Genome assembly and annotation are two of the key actions that must be undertaken in order to explore the genomic repertoire of (bifido)bacteria. The gathered information can be employed to genomically characterize a given microorganism, and can also be used to perform comparative genome analysis by including other sequenced (bifido)bacterial strains. Here, we highlight various bioinformatic programs able to manage next generation sequencing data starting from the assembly of a genome to the comparative analyses between strains.

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Lugli, G.A. (2021). Assembly, Annotation, and Comparative Analysis of Bifidobacterial Genomes. In: van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M. (eds) Bifidobacteria. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2278. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1274-3_4

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