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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Goksel Misirli, Professor Anil Wipat, Joseph Mullen, Dr Katherine JamesORCiD, Dr Matthew Pocock, Dr Wendy Smith, Dr Jennifer Hallinan
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BacillOndex is an extension of the Ondex data integration system, providing a semantically annotated, integrated knowledge base for the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. This application allows a user to mine a variety of B. subtilis data sources, and analyse the resulting integrated dataset, which contains data about genes, gene products and their interactions. The data can be analysed either manually, by browsing using Ondex, or computationally via a Web services interface. We describe the process of creating a BacillOndex instance, and describe the use of the system for the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in B. subtilis Marburg. The Marburg strain is the progenitor of the widely-used laboratory strain B. subtilis 168. We identified 27 SNPs with predictable phenotypic effects, including genetic traits for known phenotypes. We conclude that BacillOndex is a valuable tool for the systems-level investigation of, and hypothesis generation about, this important biotechnology workhorse. Such understanding contributes to our ability to construct synthetic genetic circuits in this organism.
Author(s): Misirli G, Wipat A, Mullen J, James K, Pocock M, Smith W, Allenby N, Hallinan J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics
Year: 2013
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
ISSN (electronic): 1613-4516
Publisher: Bielefeld University
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2390/biecoll-jib-2013-224
DOI: 10.2390/biecoll-jib-2013-224
PubMed id: 23571273
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