page_title: MicrobesOnline
section_title: Metabolic pathway information
hierarchical_section_title: MicrobesOnline / Functions and Site Architecture / Metabolic pathway information
caption_attribution_description: English: The pyruvate metabolism pathway illustrated by the Pathway Browser.
context_page_description: MicrobesOnline is a publicly and freely accessible website that hosts multiple comparative genomic tools for comparing microbial species at the genomic, transcriptomic and functional levels. MicrobesOnline was developed by the Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival, which is based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. The site was launched in 2005, with regular updates until 2011.
  The main aim of MicrobesOnline is to provide an easy-to-use resource that integrates a wealth of data from multiple sources. This integrated platform facilitates studies in comparative genomics, metabolic pathway analysis, genome composition, functional genomics as well as in protein domain and family data. It also provides tools to search or browse the database with genes, species, sequences, orthologous groups, gene ontology terms or pathway keywords, etc. Another one of its main features is the Gene Cart, which allows users to keep a record of their genes of interest. One of the highlights of the database is the overall navigation accessibility and interconnection between the tools.
context_section_description: The Pathway Browser lets users to navigate the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway maps displaying predicted presence or absence of enzymes for up to two selected genomes. The map of a particular pathway and a comparison between two kinds of microbes can be shown in the pathway browser. The enzyme commission number (e.g. 3.1.3.25) provides a link to the gene list view that shows information of the selected enzyme and allows the user to add genes to the session gene cart.
  The GLAMM is another tool for searching and visualising metabolic pathways in a unified web interface. It helps users to identify or construct novel, transgenic pathways.
caption: The pyruvate metabolism pathway illustrated by the Pathway Browser.
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