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ArticleScientific reports2026

GIPSy2: high-performance and scalable genomic island prediction software.

Diego Lucas Neres Rodrigues, Pedro Alexandre Sodrzeieski, Doglas Parise, Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon, Vasco Azevedo, Siomar de Castro Soares, Flavia Figueira Aburjaile

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Diego Lucas Neres RodriguesDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Pedro Alexandre SodrzeieskiDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Doglas PariseDepartment of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Ana Maria Benko-IsepponDepartment of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Vasco AzevedoDepartment of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Siomar de Castro Soares *Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, 38025-180, Brazil.
Flavia Figueira Aburjaile *Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil. faburjaile@gmail.com.

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Abstract

Dealing with genomic mobility is a complex task for current predictors. With an increasing number of sequencing genomes, there is a constant demand for software that can handle multiple inputs. Considering this, we present the Genomic Island Prediction Software 2 (GIPSy2), a new version of well-established software for predicting bacterial genomic islands and mobilome. Statistical methods were used to provide the values associated with each prediction, such as Fisher's exact test, Support vector machine, and Logistic regression. The new version also improves scalability, allowing the simultaneous analysis of multiple genomes, and provides structured outputs to facilitate interpretation and reproducibility. Comparative analyses show that GIPSy2 achieves performance comparable to the original version under default settings, while offering increased flexibility through user-defined parameterization. These improvements make GIPSy2 a versatile tool for genomic island prediction across diverse bacterial datasets. GIPSy2 is currently available on Zenodo repository at https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10222587 .

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Computational BiologyGenome, BacterialGenomic IslandsGenomicsSoftwarePrediction AlgorithmsReproducibility of ResultsSupport Vector MachineBioinformaticsHorizontal gene transferMobilomePathogenomicsStatistical predictions

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