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  • Microbiology
  • Environmental Science
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Environmental pollution presents significant ecological and health challenges.
  • Bioremediation is a promising solution, but limited genomic data hinders microbial biodegradation pathway understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a comprehensive database of microbial biodegradation functions.
  • To facilitate the identification and selection of microbial candidates for bioremediation.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the manually curated Microbial BioRemediation (MBR) database.
  • Included over 643,351 bacterial protein sequences for 564 pollutant compounds.
  • Optimized the database for genomic and metagenomic analyses.

Main Results:

  • The MBR database enables high-resolution functional and taxonomic profiling.
  • Validated ability to detect conserved and environment-specific biodegradation functions.
  • Demonstrated suitability for assessing microbial catabolic potential in various contexts.

Conclusions:

  • The MBR database is a strategic tool for identifying and prioritizing microbial bioremediation candidates.
  • Supports in silico selection of microbial taxa and enzymatic functions for targeted experimental validation.
  • Facilitates the development of next-generation bioremediation strategies for polluted ecosystems.