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List of gram negative bacteria

Hi all,

So I downloaded NCBI bacterial genomes (2785 in all) and did some analyses on them. Now I have to separate my results which belong to gram negative/positive bacteria. I am having trouble finding a list of all gram +/- bacteria. Does anyone have an idea about it?

Thanks and regards,
Nik

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updated by Ram Ram • written by nikunj.m1989 • nikunj.m1989

Do not forget Gram-negative and Gram-positive are not monophyletic groups, and it may be wise to use a more fine-grained and phylogenetically informed classification.

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written by h.mon h.mon

I realised that, but cant find any documented classification which clearly separates out gram +ve and -ve. Maybe NCBI should give that out in their next release of bacterial genomes.

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written by nikunj.m1989 • nikunj.m1989

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At least a start. Probably not comprehensive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gram-positive_bacteria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gram-negative_bacteria

An old copy of the Bergey's manual should help address the remaining genera.

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

Ah cheers man, I dont know how I missed that in wiki. I would just have to save the page in html and get all the names through a script. But should work.

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written by nikunj.m1989 • nikunj.m1989

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