CARD 2020: Antibiotic resistome surveillance with the comprehensive antibiotic resistance database

  • Brian P. Alcock
  • , Amogelang R. Raphenya
  • , Tammy T.Y. Lau
  • , Kara K. Tsang
  • , Mégane Bouchard
  • , Arman Edalatmand
  • , William Huynh
  • , Anna Lisa V. Nguyen
  • , Annie A. Cheng
  • , Sihan Liu
  • , Sally Y. Min
  • , Anatoly Miroshnichenko
  • , Hiu Ki Tran
  • , Rafik E. Werfalli
  • , Jalees A. Nasir
  • , Martins Oloni
  • , David J. Speicher
  • , Alexandra Florescu
  • , Bhavya Singh
  • , Mateusz Faltyn
  • Anastasia Hernandez-Koutoucheva, Arjun N. Sharma, Emily Bordeleau, Andrew C. Pawlowski, Haley L. Zubyk, Damion Dooley, Emma Griffiths, Finlay Maguire, Geoff L. Winsor, Robert G. Beiko, Fiona S.L. Brinkman, William W.L. Hsiao, Gary V. Domselaar, Andrew G. McArthur

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Abstract

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD; https://card.mcmaster.ca) is a curated resource providing reference DNA and protein sequences, detection models and bioinformatics tools on the molecular basis of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR). CARD focuses on providing high-quality reference data and molecular sequences within a controlled vocabulary, the Antibiotic Resistance Ontology (ARO), designed by the CARD biocuration team to integrate with software development efforts for resistome analysis and prediction, such as CARD's Resistance Gene Identifier (RGI) software. Since 2017, CARD has expanded through extensive curation of reference sequences, revision of the ontological structure, curation of over 500 new AMR detection models, development of a new classification paradigm and expansion of analytical tools. Most notably, a new Resistomes & Variants module provides analysis and statistical summary of in silico predicted resistance variants from 82 pathogens and over 100 000 genomes. By adding these resistance variants to CARD, we are able to summarize predicted resistance using the information included in CARD, identify trends in AMR mobility and determine previously undescribed and novel resistance variants. Here, we describe updates and recent expansions to CARD and its biocuration process, including new resources for community biocuration of AMR molecular reference data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)D517-D525
JournalNucleic Acids Research
Volume48
Issue numberD1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes

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