IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system

Cite Us: IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system Victor M. Markowitz1, I-Min A. Chen, Krishna Palaniappan, Ken Chu, Ernest Szeto, Yuri Grechkin, Anna Ratner, Biju Jacob, Jinghua Huang, Peter Williams, Marcel Huntemann, Iain Anderson, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Natalia N. Ivanova and Nikos C. Kyrpides

Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley and Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics Program, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, USA

To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +510 486 7073; Fax: +1 510 486 5812; Email: VMMarkowitz{at}lbl.gov.
Correspondence may also be addressed to Nikos C. Kyrpides. Tel: +925 296 5718; Fax: +925 296 5666; Email: nckyrpides{at}lbl.gov

Abstract

The Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) system serves as a community resource for comparative analysis of publicly available genomes in a comprehensive integrated context. IMG integrates publicly available draft and complete genomes from all three domains of life with a large number of plasmids and viruses. IMG provides tools and viewers for analyzing and reviewing the annotations of genes and genomes in a comparative context. IMG's data content and analytical capabilities have been continuously extended through regular updates since its first release in March 2005. IMG is available at http://img.jgi.doe.gov. Companion IMG systems provide support for expert review of genome annotations (IMG/ER: http://img.jgi.doe.gov/er), teaching courses and training in microbial genome analysis (IMG/EDU: http://img.jgi.doe.gov/edu) and analysis of genomes related to the Human Microbiome Project (IMG/HMP: http://www.hmpdacc-resources.org/img_hmp).