BioNumerics

BioNumerics

BioNumerics

Bioinformatics software suite

BioNumerics is a bioinformatics desktop software application that manages microbiological data. It is developed by Applied Maths NV, a bioMérieux company.

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History

BioNumerics was first released in 1998. PulseNet, a network run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), uses BioNumerics to compare pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns and whole genome sequences from different bacterial strains.[1][2] CaliciNet, an outbreak surveillance network for noroviruses, is another example of a network which uses BioNumerics to submit norovirus sequences and basic epidemiologic information to a central database.[3]  

Features

The basis of BioNumerics is a database consisting of entries. The entries correspond to the individual organisms or samples under study and are characterized by a unique key and by a number of user-defined information fields. Each entry in a database may be characterized by one or more experiments that can be linked easily to the entry.[4] In BioNumerics, experiments are divided in seven classes:  fingerprints, spectra, characters, sequences, sequence read sets, trend data and matrices.

Examples of BioNumerics applications are whole genome Multi Locus Sequence Typing (wgMLST), whole genome Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (wgSNP), genome comparison, identification based on MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry, PFGE typing, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) typing, sequence-based typing of viruses, antibiotic resistance profiling and functional genotyping.[5][6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    BioNumerics protocols used by Pulsenet Archived December 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Hunter SB, Vauterin P, Lambert-Fair MA, Van Duyne MS, Kubota K, Graves L, et al. (March 2005). "Establishment of a universal size standard strain for use with the PulseNet standardized pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols: converting the national databases to the new size standard". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1045–50. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1045-1050.2005. PMC 1081233. PMID 15750058.
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    Vega E, Barclay L, Gregoricus N, Williams K, Lee D, Vinjé J (August 2011). "Novel surveillance network for norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks, United States". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17 (8): 1389–95. doi:10.3201/eid1708.101837. PMC 3381557. PMID 21801614.
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    Vauterin L, Vauterin P. Integrated databasing and analysis. In: Molecular Identification, Systematics, and Population Structure of Prokaryotes (ed. Erko Stackebrandt). Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-3-540-23155-4
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    Schouls LM, Spalburg EC, van Luit M, Huijsdens XW, Pluister GN, van Santen-Verheuvel MG, et al. (2009-04-03). "Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis of Staphylococcus aureus: comparison with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and spa-typing". PLOS ONE. 4 (4): e5082. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.5082S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005082. PMC 2661140. PMID 19343175.
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    "Polyphasic study of wine Lactobacillus strains: taxonomic implications". archive.ph. 2012-07-14. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
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    Gröschel MI, Meehan CJ, Barilar I, Diricks M, Gonzaga A, Steglich M, et al. (2019-08-28). "The global phylogenetic landscape and nosocomial spread of the multidrug-resistant opportunist Stenotrophomonas maltophilia". bioRxiv: 748954. doi:10.1101/748954.
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