Project description:Whole genome microarray comparisons (comparative genomic hybridizations) were used to associate genotypic biomarkers among 15 Bifidobacterium longum strains exhibiting various Human Milk Oligosaccharide utilization phenotypes and host associations.
Project description:This data set contains ChEC-seq binding profiles of various TF in yeast strains deleted of other TFs. Each sample has a pair-end sequencing file and a processed file (.out) is a genomic signal track after alignment to S.cerevisiae (R64) reference genome. Mapping was done using the read end. This dataset also contains raw and processed MNase-seq data files for nucleosome occupancy. Data related to manuscript: The architecture of binding cooperativity between densely bound transcription factors.
Project description:Gene content in various Enterococcus faecalis strains compared to E. faecalis V583. Strains have been compared to the V583 strain by comparative genomic hybridization using genome-wide PCR-based microarrays representing the V583 genome. Genes have been deemed "present" or "divergent" in the various strains.
Project description:Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming enteric anaerobe which can infect humans and a wide variety of animal species. Recently, the incidence and severity of human C. difficile infection has markedly increased. In this study, we evaluated the genomic content of 73 C. difficile strains isolated from humans, horses, cattle, and pigs by comparative genomic hybridization with microarrays containing coding sequences from C. difficile strains 630 and QCD-32g58. The sequenced genome of C. difficile strain 630 was used as a reference to define a candidate core genome of C. difficile and to explore correlations between host origins and genetic diversity. Approximately 16% of the genes in strain 630 were highly conserved among all strains, representing the core complement of functional genes defining C. difficile. Absent or divergent genes in the tested strains were distributed across the entire C. difficile 630 genome and across all the predicted functional categories. Interestingly, certain genes were conserved among strains from a specific host species, but divergent in isolates with other host origins. This information provides insight into the genomic changes which might contribute to host adaptation. Due to a high degree of divergence among C. difficile strains, a core gene list from this study offers the first step toward the construction of diagnostic arrays for C. difficile.