Exploratory analysis on the genomic data of lactic acid bacteria in the public sequence database

Abstract

Data deposition of the newly determined nucleotide sequences in the public sequence database is considered to be prerequisite for the publication in most of the scientific journals. The deposited sequence data can be accessed, used, and redistributed without any restriction by any party. Hence, the public sequence database has contributed as a data infrastructure in life science. The first whole-genome sequence of lactic acid bacteria was determined in the early 2000s, and for 20 years since then, more than 5,000 genome sequences for lactic acid bacteria have become publicly available. In this paper, I will review the advancement of the genome research of lactic acid bacteria by overviewing the genomic data deposited in the public sequence database.