Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex functional genotyping: predicting phenotypic traits from whole genome sequences

In this tutorial we will screen whole genome sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex samples for phenotypic traits using the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex functional genotyping plugin. Phenotypic traits include: spoligotype, lineage and antibiotic resistance. The plugin also allows you to perform species confirmation.

Download demonstration database: 
WGS_demo_database_for_MTBC

Demonstration database containing data for a set of 29 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates. This database uses publicly available next-generation sequence reads from the Sequence Read Archive (SRA). For each isolate, NGS reads were de novo assembled into genome sequences. wgMLST alleles were called using the assembly-based and assembly-free method.

Note that the downloaded database backup file (.bnbk) can be restored via the Restore database... functionality in the BIONUMERICS startup screen.