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An ontology for microbial phenotypes.
BMC microbiology - 30 Nov 2014
Chibucos Marcus C, Zweifel Adrienne E, Herrera Jonathan C, Meza William, Eslamfam Shabnam, Uetz Peter, Siegele Deborah A, Hu James C, Giglio Michelle G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Phenotypic data are routinely used to elucidate gene function in organisms amenable to genetic manipulation. However, previous to this work, there was no generalizable system in place for the structured storage and retrieval of phenotypic information for bacteria. RESULTS: The Ontology of Microbial Phenotypes (OMP) has been created to standardize the capture of such phenotypic information from...
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