A graph-based approach for the visualisation and analysis of bacterial pangenomes

Josh Harling-Lee; Jamie Gorzynski; Gonzalo Yebra; Tim Angus; Ross Fitzgerald; Thomas C Freeman

doi:10.1186/s12859-022-04898-2

A graph-based approach for the visualisation and analysis of bacterial pangenomes

Josh Harling-Lee^*, Jamie Gorzynski, Gonzalo Yebra, Tim Angus, Ross Fitzgerald, Thomas C Freeman

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Background
The advent of low cost, high throughput DNA sequencing has led to the availability of thousands of complete genome sequences for a wide variety of bacterial species.
Examining and interpreting genetic variation on this scale represents a significant challenge to existing methods of data analysis and visualisation.
Results
Starting with the output of standard pangenome analysis tools, we describe the generation and analysis of interactive, 3D network graphs to explore the structure of bacterial populations, the distribution of genes across a population, and the syntenic order in which those genes occur, in the new open-source network analysis platform, Graphia. Both the analysis and the visualisation are scalable to datasets of thousands of genome sequences.
Conclusions
We anticipate that the approaches presented here will be of great utility to the microbial research community, allowing faster, more intuitive, and flexible interaction with pangenome datasets, thereby enhancing interpretation of these complex data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	BMC Bioinformatics
Volume	23
Issue number	416
Early online date	8 Oct 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04898-2
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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Bacteria
Pangenome
Accessory genes
Network graphs
Data visualisation

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