LegumeInfo.org: Legume Research and Trait Data That Is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-Usable

The Legume Information System (LIS; http://legumeinfo.org) is a resource for comparative legume research. Currently, LIS hosts annotated genomes of 13 species representing both crop and model legumes. LIS partners with other plant data resources (eg. jcvi.org/medicago, SoyBase, PeanutBase and Phytozome) to integrate genomic, genetic, trait and other data and to provide links to other legume data sets not housed at LIS. Through synteny and phylogenetic-based methods, LIS uses data from well-studied legume species (e.g. soybean and Medicago) to facilitate comparative research across species. Gene families allow the researcher to traverse paralogous and orthologous sequences across legume species. The latest set of tools added to LIS is a series of legume InterMine instances: BeanMine, SoyMine, PeanutMine and LegumeMine. LegumeMine integrates data from multiple legume resources including those above and MedicMine (at JCVI). All Mines are based on the InterMine biological data warehouse (http://intermine.org) which has powerful methods for combining and searching diverse genetic and genomic data sets. A major goal of LIS is to assist researchers in discovering important trait, genomic, and genetic information in the vast amount of data available today. LIS is a collaborative project of the USDA-ARS, NCGR, and the many dedicated researchers working on legume biology.