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SUBMITTER: Roosaare M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885972 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roosaare Märt M Puustusmaa Mikk M Möls Märt M Vaher Mihkel M Remm Maido M
PeerJ 20180402
<h4>Background</h4>Plasmids play an important role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance, making their detection an important task. Using whole genome sequencing (WGS), it is possible to capture both bacterial and plasmid sequence data, but short read lengths make plasmid detection a complex problem.<h4>Results</h4>We developed a tool named PlasmidSeeker that enables the detection of plasmids from bacterial WGS data without read assembly. The PlasmidSeeker algorithm is based on <i>k</i>- ...[more]