JSpeciesWS – Genome-Based Microbial Species Delineation
JSpeciesWS is a cloud-based bioinformatics service for pairwise comparison of microbial genomes at the whole-DNA level. It supports microbial systematics by calculating genome identity measures that are widely used for species circumscription and taxonomic assessment. The service provides established computational approaches that serve as faster in silico alternatives to traditional DNA-DNA hybridization methods formerly used for bacterial species delineation.
Key benefits
* Cloud-based genome comparison service without registration
* Supports microbial species delineation and taxonomic assessment
* Enables pairwise comparison of uploaded genomes and public references
* Provides access to an internal database of more than 70,000 quality-controlled bacterial genomes
* Allows previous analyses to be re-accessed and continued using anonymous session codes
Applications
* Comparison of microbial genomes at whole-genome level
* Bacterial species delineation and taxonomic placement
* Identification of closely related reference organisms
* Analysis of newly sequenced or taxonomically ambiguous genomes
* Generation of pairwise genome comparison matrices for multiple organisms
Intended use
JSpeciesWS is intended for microbiologists, microbial taxonomists, genome researchers, bioinformaticians, and researchers working with bacterial genome data. It is particularly suited for users who need accessible genome identity calculations to support microbial species circumscription, taxonomic decisions, or placement of unknown genomes among sequenced bacterial reference species.
Service provision
This service is offered by the de.NBI Industrial Forum member Ribocon GmbH and is fully free for users from academia and industry, without registration. Development and maintenance are not funded by de.NBI.
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