GenomeCompendium: A database for the integrated analysis of repeats, assembly quality and functional content of complete prokaryotic genomes

Microorganisms hold great promise for urgent global needs such as increasing sustainable agricultural production while reducing chemical fertilizer and pesticide use or providing novel classes of antimicrobials/therapeutics. Moving from analyzing microbiome composition to applying synthetic communities and studying their functions requires access to isolates and complete genome sequences. By…

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