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Week of September 11, 2011
"A phylogeny-driven genomic encyclopaedia of Bacteria and Archaea," by Dongying Wu and 33 others, Nature, 462(7276): 1056-60, 24 December 2009.
[Authors' affiliations: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA and Los Alamos, NM; University of California, Davis; German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany; University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA]
Abstract: "Sequencing of bacterial and archaeal genomes
has revolutionized our understanding of the many roles played by
microorganisms. There are now nearly 1,000 completed bacterial and archaeal
genomes available, most of which were chosen for sequencing on the basis of
their physiology. As a result, the perspective provided by the currently
available genomes is limited by a highly biased phylogenetic distribution.
To explore the value added by choosing microbial genomes for sequencing on
the basis of their evolutionary relationships, we have sequenced and
analysed the genomes of 56 culturable species of Bacteria and Archaea
selected to maximize phylogenetic coverage. Analysis of these genomes
demonstrated pronounced benefits (compared to an equivalent set of genomes
randomly selected from the existing database) in diverse areas including
the reconstruction of phylogenetic history, the discovery of new protein
families and biological properties, and the prediction of functions for
known genes from other organisms. Our results strongly support the need for
systematic 'phylogenomic' efforts to compile a phylogeny-driven 'Genomic
Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea' in order to derive maximum knowledge
from existing microbial genome data as well as from genome sequences to
come."
This 2009 report from Nature was cited 71 times
in current journal articles indexed by
Clarivate during
May-June 2011. During that two-month period, no biology paper published in
the last two years, aside from reviews, garnered a higher number of
citations. Prior to the most recent bimonthly count, citations to the paper
have accrued as follows:
March-April 2011: 7 citations
January-February 2011: 5
November-December 2010: 4
September-October 2010: 7
July-August 2010: 5
May-June 2010: 6
March-April 2010: 3
January-February 2010: 1
Total citations to date: 109
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