MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTING A GENOME SEQUENCE IN A BACTERIAL GENOME

摘要

A computer-implemented method for detecting a genome sequence in digital form in a genome of a microorganism in digital form, comprising: - storing (60), in a computer memory, a set of digital genome sequences of constant length k, or 'k-mers', the set being obtained by sliding, at a constant pitch, a window of length k over the genome sequence; - for each k-mer, determining (802) its absence or presence in the genome; - determining (806, 808) that the genome sequence is present in the genome if the percentage of k-mers detected as present in the genome is higher than a predetermined threshold.