Wasabi

Wasabi

Wasabi is a web-based interface and suite of server-based tools for facilitating the rapid annotation of new bacterial genomes. Wasabi automatically identifies candidate genes, and runs each one through a rigorous pipeline of analysis tools to accumulate as much information about each gene as possible. This data is used to automatically annotate the gene, which provides a good starting point for manual curation. The annotations and pipeline results can be searched or browsed. It produces files suitable for Sequin for Genbank submission.

Wasabi has been used successfully to annotate a large number of prokaryotic genomes, including five Leptospira species with Monash University and the US Department of Agriculture; two Mycobacterium pathogens, including the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, with Monash University and Pasteur Institute, France; and D. nodosus, or "foot rot", with Monash University and TIGR, USA.

→ Wasabi web site - contact Torsten Seemann for access