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  • What is whole-genome shotgun sequencing?

    Whole genome shotgun sequencing is a technique for determining the DNA sequence of a genome by randomly shearing the DNA, sequencing multiple overlapping fragments, and inferring the original sequence from fragments that overlap. This method is often used for bacterial genomes or subclones, like fosmids. Additional information from paired end reads, fosmid ends, and other linkage information will be added in future releases. See Assembly for details.<

  • How much has been sequenced?

    We have produced a 10X coverage assembly with a size of 777,079 bp.

  • What is the current state of the sequenced genome?

    We have created at complete finished genome assembly. See Mycoplasma mobile Assembly for details.

  • Is the Mycoplasma mobile genome fully annotated?

    Yes. This finished assembly has been fully annotated.

 

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  • Why does gunzip tell me the file is not in gzip format?

    Some browsers (like newer versions on Netscape) automatically unzip files after download. If this is the case, you can just rename the file to remove the <tt>.gz</tt> suffix.

 

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  • What's the Broad Institute?

    The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute is a partnership among MIT, Harvard and affiliated hospitals and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Its mission is to create the tools for genomic medicine and make them freely available to the world and to pioneer their application to the study and treatment of disease.

  • How do I cite the sequence for publication?

    Publications should include the following citation:
    Mycoplasma Sequencing Project. Broad Institute (www.broad.mit.edu)

  • Who do I contact with questions about the sequencing?

    For additional help, please contact annotation-info(at)broad.mit.edu.
    Send feedback about the website to annotation-webmaster(at)broad.mit.edu.

  • Where are the beautiful photos from?
    The Mycoplasma mobile micrographs are courtesy of Dr. Renate Rosengarten of the University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Austria.