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EcoliWiki: a wiki-based community resource for Escherichia coli
Brenley K McIntosh1, Daniel P Renfro, Gwendowlyn S Knapp
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas Agrilife Research, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Nucleic Acids Research
|November 9, 2011
Summary
EcoliWiki enhances community knowledge sharing for Escherichia coli (E. coli) research by integrating diverse biological data. This wiki platform promotes interoperability and collaborative annotation for E. coli model organism databases.
Area of Science:
- Microbiology
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Biology
Background:
- EcoliWiki is part of the PortEco project, an integrated online resource for Escherichia coli (E. coli) data.
- It serves as a community annotation component, leveraging the wiki approach for model organism databases.
Purpose of the Study:
- To facilitate community-driven knowledge sharing about E. coli as a model organism.
- To ensure interoperability with other biological data resources.
- To explore novel applications of wiki platforms in model organism databases.
Main Methods:
- Integration of the Mediawiki platform with open-source software tools.
- In-house software development to extend wiki functionalities.
- Community-driven content creation and annotation for E. coli data.
Main Results:
- EcoliWiki currently covers genes from five laboratory E. coli strains, 21 bacteriophage genomes, F plasmid, and eight transposons.
- The platform demonstrates successful community engagement in annotating biological knowledge.
- It showcases the potential of wiki-based systems for comprehensive model organism data integration.
Conclusions:
- EcoliWiki effectively supports collaborative annotation and knowledge dissemination for E. coli research.
- The platform's interoperability enhances its value as a central resource for E. coli data.
- EcoliWiki represents an innovative application of wiki technology in the field of model organism databases.
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