Introducing EzTaxon-e: a prokaryotic 16S rRNA gene sequence database with phylotypes that represent uncultured species

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology - Tập 62 Số Pt_3 - Trang 716-721 - 2012
Ok-Sun Kim1, Yong‐Joon Cho1, Kihyun Lee1, Seok-Hwan Yoon1, Mincheol Kim1, Hyunsoo Na1, Sang‐Cheol Park2, Yoon Seong Jeon2, Jae‐Hak Lee2, Hana Yi1, Sungho Won3, Jongsik Chun2,1
1School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
3Department of Statistics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Despite recent advances in commercially optimized identification systems, bacterial identification remains a challenging task in many routine microbiological laboratories, especially in situations where taxonomically novel isolates are involved. The 16S rRNA gene has been used extensively for this task when coupled with a well-curated database, such as EzTaxon, containing sequences of type strains of prokaryotic species with validly published names. Although the EzTaxon database has been widely used for routine identification of prokaryotic isolates, sequences from uncultured prokaryotes have not been considered. Here, the next generation database, named EzTaxon-e, is formally introduced. This new database covers not only species within the formal nomenclatural system but also phylotypes that may represent species in nature. In addition to an identification function based on Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (blast) searches and pairwise global sequence alignments, a new objective method of assessing the degree of completeness in sequencing is proposed. All sequences that are held in the EzTaxon-e database have been subjected to phylogenetic analysis and this has resulted in a complete hierarchical classification system. It is concluded that the EzTaxon-e database provides a useful taxonomic backbone for the identification of cultured and uncultured prokaryotes and offers a valuable means of communication among microbiologists who routinely encounter taxonomically novel isolates. The database and its analytical functions can be found at http://eztaxon-e.ezbiocloud.net/.

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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Tập 62 Số Pt_3

716-721

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