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ArticlePLoS computational biology2020

ASA3P: An automatic and scalable pipeline for the assembly, annotation and higher-level analysis of closely related bacterial isolates.

Oliver Schwengers, Andreas Hoek, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Linda Falgenhauer, Torsten Hain, Trinad Chakraborty, Alexander Goesmann

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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7 authors.

Oliver SchwengersBioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4216-2721
Andreas HoekBioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Moritz FritzenwankerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Linda FalgenhauerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4706-8507
Torsten HainInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Trinad ChakrabortyInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Alexander GoesmannBioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole genome sequencing of bacteria has become daily routine in many fields. Advances in DNA sequencing technologies and continuously dropping costs have resulted in a tremendous increase in the amounts of available sequence data. However, comprehensive in-depth analysis of the resulting data remains an arduous and time-consuming task. In order to keep pace with these promising but challenging developments and to transform raw data into valuable information, standardized analyses and scalable software tools are needed. Here, we introduce ASA3P, a fully automatic, locally executable and scalable assembly, annotation and analysis pipeline for bacterial genomes. The pipeline automatically executes necessary data processing steps, i.e. quality clipping and assembly of raw sequencing reads, scaffolding of contigs and annotation of the resulting genome sequences. Furthermore, ASA3P conducts comprehensive genome characterizations and analyses, e.g. taxonomic classification, detection of antibiotic resistance genes and identification of virulence factors. All results are presented via an HTML5 user interface providing aggregated information, interactive visualizations and access to intermediate results in standard bioinformatics file formats. We distribute ASA3P in two versions: a locally executable Docker container for small-to-medium-scale projects and an OpenStack based cloud computing version able to automatically create and manage self-scaling compute clusters. Thus, automatic and standardized analysis of hundreds of bacterial genomes becomes feasible within hours. The software and further information is available at: asap.computational.bio.

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AlgorithmsBacteriaBase SequenceChromosome MappingCloud ComputingComputational BiologyGenome, BacterialSequence Analysis, DNASoftwareWhole Genome Sequencing

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PMCPMC7077848

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