… Miriam L Land … ML and FL contributed ideas and suggestions to the algorithm, as well
as practical testing of the code. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. …

Although similar integrative tools exist (Supplementary Note 2), no other open platform
shares all KBase’s features, which include the following:(i) comprehensive support for data …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly uniform clone that diverged
recently from the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Despite their close genetic …

Rhodopseudomonas palustris is among the most metabolically versatile bacteria known. It
uses light, inorganic compounds, or organic compounds, for energy. It acquires carbon from …

Metagenomics has provided access to genomes of as yet uncultivated microorganisms in
natural environments, yet there are gaps in our knowledge—particularly for Archaea—that …

Despite their high DNA identity and a proposal to group classical Brucella species as biovars
of Brucella melitensis, the commonly recognized Brucella species can be distinguished by …

The complete genome of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosospira multiformis (ATCC
25196 T ) consists of a circular chromosome and three small plasmids totaling 3,234,309 bp …

… Cultures were verified to be free of heterotrophic contamination by plating 0.1-ml aliquots
on 1/10 nutrient broth plates. Genomic DNA was isolated from N. winogradskyi batch cultures …

… The cell pellet was resuspended in 4 mL of 100 mM Tris⋅HCl (pH 7.6)/0.1 mM DTT buffer,
transferred to a 10-mL glass beaker, and sonicated for 8 min with 10-s pulses and 10-s …

The genome sequence of the genetically tractable, mesophilic, hydrogenotrophic methanogen
Methanococcus maripaludis contains 1,722 protein-coding genes in a single circular …