Ensembl Genomes

Ensembl Genomes

Content
Description	An integrative resource for genome-scale data from non-vertebrate species.
Data types captured	Genomic database
Organisms	pan
Contact
Research center	European Bioinformatics Institute
Primary citation	Kersey & al. (2012)
Release date	2009
Access
Website	http://ensemblgenomes.org/
Miscellaneous
Data release frequency	4/5 times per year
Version	Release 23 (July 2013)

Ensembl Genomes is a scientific project to provide genome-scale data from non-vertebrate species . The project is run by the European Bioinformatics Institute, and was launched in 2009 using the Ensembl technology . The main objective of the Ensembl Genomes database is to complement the main Ensembl database by introducing five additional web pages to include genome data for bacteria, fungi, invertebrate metazoa, plants, and protists. For each of the domains, the Ensembl tools are available for manipulation, analysis and visualization of genome data.

Using Ensembl Genomes

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Result page for a species search using Ensembl Genomes

Ensembl Genome allows to find specific gene or DNA sequence data or whole karyotypes. Genes can be accessed by name, gene symbol, accession number or Variant ID. Genome search by species is also possible using the corresponding binomial nomenclature. Searching for a particular species using Ensembl Genomes redirects to a new page in which all the tools and information available for the species are shown. In general, each result page contains the following sections:

• Genome Assembly
• Comparative Genomics
• Gene annotation
• Variation

Current species

• The bacterial division of Ensembl now contains all bacterial genomes that have been completely sequenced, annotated and submitted to the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (European Nucleotide Archive, GenBank and the DNA Database of Japan). The current dataset contains 15,270 genomes.
• Ensembl Fungi contains 52 genomes
• Ensembl Metazoa contains 54 genomes
• Ensembl Plants contains 38 genomes
• Ensembl Protists contains 32 genomes

Collaborations

Ensembl Genomes continuously expands the annotation data through collaboration with other organisations involved in genome annotation projects and research. The following organisations are collaborators of Ensembl Genomes:

• AllBio
• Barley
• Culicoides sonorensis
• Gramene
• INFRAVEC
• Microme
• PomBase
• PhytoPath
• transPLANT
• Triticeae Genomics for Sustainable Agriculture
• VectorBase
• Wheat Rust Genomic Improvement
• WormBase
• WormBase ParaSite

See also

• Ensembl
• List of sequenced eukaryotic genomes
• Sequence analysis

External links

• Ensembl Genomes (non-chordates): Quick Tour on EBI Train OnLine
• Ensembl genomes
• Ensembl