Read the recent publication (PMID: 31427293) on the AMRFinder, a tool that identifies antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in bacterial genome sequences using a high-quality curated AMR gene reference database. We use the AMRFinder to identify AMR genes in the hundreds of bacterial genomes that NCBI receives every day, and the results of AMRFinder are used in NCBI’s Isolates Browser to provide accurate assessments of AMR gene content. You can install AMRFinder locally and run it yourself. Follow the instructions on our GitHub site.
Since the publication we have upgraded AMRFinder to AMRFinderPlus. The enhanced tool now
- supports searches based on protein annotations, nucleotide sequences, or both for best results
- identifies point mutations in Campylobacter, E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella
- optionally identifies many genes involved in biocide, heat, metal, and stress resistance, as well as many antigenicity and virulence genes
- provides information about gene function, including resistance to individual antibiotics and other phenotypes
You can learn more about NCBI’s role in helping to combat antimicrobial resistance at the National Database of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms.
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