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Microbial taxonomy

Guest Editors

Xiaoquan Su, PhD, Qingdao University, China
Yanni Sun, PhD, City University of Hong Kong, China


BMC Bioinformatics welcomed submissions to our Collection on Microbial taxonomy. This Collection welcomed submissions on the development of novel computational and statistical approaches in the field of microbial taxonomy, as well as major advancements of existing tools. New microbial taxonomy databases which describe a novel architecture, set-up or bioinformatics analysis were also welcome.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Xiaoquan Su, PhD, Qingdao University, China

Dr Xiaoquan Su is currently Professor of college of computer science and technology at Qingdao University. His research focuses on bioinformatics, algorithms, software development and data mining under microbiome area. He obtained his bachelor degree in computer science and technology from Wuhan University, master degree in computer science from SUNY Stony Brook, and PhD in microbiology from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He visited Dr Rob Knight's lab at University of California San Diego in 2016. He has published more than 50 research papers in Adv. Intel. Syst., mBio, mSystems, and Bioinformatics, etc.

Yanni Sun, PhD, City University of Hong Kong, China

Yanni Sun is a Professor in Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. Before she relocated to Hong Kong, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, USA. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Xi’an JiaoTong University (China), both in Computer Science. She received the PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. She works in bioinformatics and computational biology. In particular, her recent research interests include sequence analysis, application of machine learning and data mining models in analyzing next-generation sequencing data, metagenomics, protein domain annotation, and noncoding RNA annotation. She was a recipient of NSF CAREER Award in 2010.

About the Collection

BMC Bioinformatics is welcoming submissions to our Collection on Microbial taxonomy.

Microbial taxonomy is the identification, classification and nomenclature of microorganisms, providing a framework to understand microbial diversity and their ecological roles. Computational tools have widely been employed for taxonomic classification, for example in the context of binning and metagenomic analysis, as well as database construction. 

This Collection welcomes submissions on the development of novel computational and statistical approaches in the field of microbial taxonomy, as well as major advancements of existing tools. New microbial taxonomy databases which describe a novel architecture, set-up or bioinformatics analysis are also welcome. 


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  1. Accurate taxonomic classification in genome databases is essential for reliable biological research and effective data sharing. Mislabeling or inaccuracies in genome annotations can lead to incorrect scientifi...

    Authors: Mohamed Elmanzalawi, Takatomo Fujisawa, Hiroshi Mori, Yasukazu Nakamura and Yasuhiro Tanizawa
    Citation: BMC Bioinformatics 2025 26:3
    Content type: Software Published on:

  2. The bacterium Vibrio cholerae causes diarrheal illness and can acquire genetic material leading to multiple drug resistance (MDR). Rapid detection of resistance-conferring mobile genetic elements helps avoid the ...

    Authors: Daniel Antonio Negrón, Shipra Trivedi, Nicholas Tolli, David Ashford, Gabrielle Melton, Stephanie Guertin, Katharine Jennings, Bryan D. Necciai, Shanmuga Sozhamannan and Bradley W. Abramson
    Citation: BMC Bioinformatics 2024 25:384
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original research, software and database articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Microbial taxonomy" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.