ATCC Genome Portal

ATCC has launched its ATCC Genome Portal, a publicly available database of reference-quality genome sequences that are matched to authenticated ATCC biological materials. Integrating low-passaged materials, standardized next-generation sequencing, and a hybrid assembly approach, the tool produces complete reference-quality genomes by combining highly accurate short reads with ultra-long reads. ATCC said that it has launched the portal with an initial 250 genome sequences of widely used bacterial strains.