IslandViewer 4: expanded prediction of genomic islands for larger-scale datasets

IslandViewer (http://www.pathogenomics.sfu.ca/islandviewer/) is a widely-used webserver for the prediction and interactive visualization of genomic islands (GIs, regions of probable horizontal origin) in bacterial and archaeal genomes. GIs disproportionately encode factors that enhance the adaptability and competitiveness of the microbe within a niche, including virulence factors and other medically or environmentally important adaptations. We report here the release of IslandViewer 4, with novel features to accommodate the needs of larger-scale microbial genomics analysis, while expanding GI predictions and improving its flexible visualization interface. A user management web interface as well as an HTTP API…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• UD
  U.S. Department of Energy
• GC
  Genome Canada
• GB
  Genome British Columbia
• SN
  Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
• SF
  Simon Fraser University
• NN
  National Nuclear Security Administration