Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access published online on October 12, 2007
Nucleic Acids Research, doi:10.1093/nar/gkm846
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The integrated microbial genomes (IMG) system in 2007: data content and analysis tool extensions
1Biological Data Management and Technology Center, 2Genomics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley and 3Genome Biology Program, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, USA
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Received August 25, 2007. Revised September 22, 2007. Accepted September 25, 2007.
The integrated microbial genomes (IMG) system is a data management, analysis and annotation platform for all publicly available genomes. IMG contains both draft and complete JGI microbial genomes integrated with all other publicly available genomes from all three domains of life, together with a large number of plasmids and viruses. IMG provides tools and viewers for analyzing and annotating genomes, genes and functions, individually or in a comparative context. Since its first release in 2005, IMG's data content and analytical capabilities have been constantly expanded through quarterly releases. IMG is provided by the DOE-Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and is available from http://img.jgi.doe.gov.