Abrinca offers Arx, a web‑based platform that centralizes microbial genome storage, annotation, and comparative analysis, allowing users to upload FASTA or GenBank files and run tools such as pathway visualization, BLAST, phylogenetic tree construction, and gene‑trait matching without coding. The system manages metadata, permissions, and real‑time visualizations, supporting secure sharing and API integration for bioinformaticians, strain managers, and laboratory biologists.
Funding
$177.6K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Microbial genomics researchers face growing volumes of sequence data, but existing bioinformatics tools are often command‑line based, require coding expertise, and involve fragmented workflows that hinder collaboration and slow discovery.
Solution
Arx is a cloud‑based (or self‑hosted) SaaS platform that centralises microbial genome storage, annotation and comparative analysis in a single web interface. Users upload FASTA or GenBank files and instantly access a suite of interactive tools—including pathway visualisation, annotation search, phylogenetic tree construction, BLAST, gene‑trait matching and genome comparison—without writing code. The platform handles data organisation, metadata management and permission control, enabling secure sharing among bioinformaticians, strain managers and experimental biologists. Results are visualised in real‑time, exportable as publication‑ready graphics or standard data files, and can be integrated into existing laboratory pipelines via APIs. By streamlining the entire analysis workflow, Arx reduces the time from raw data to actionable insight and supports collaborative projects across diverse roles.
Target Audience
Primary customers are bioinformaticians, strain‑collection managers, and laboratory biologists who need to analyse, compare and share microbial genome data without programming skills.
Features
- Web‑based interface for uploading and managing genomes (FASTA, GenBank) with built‑in metadata handling.
- Interactive pathway maps coloured by coverage, allowing rapid functional comparison across single or multiple genomes.
- Annotation search matrix that instantly identifies genomes containing specific genes or functions and links directly to gene details.
- Flower‑plot visualisation summarising core and accessory annotations across selected genomes.
- Locus view aligning genes and displaying ±10 kb neighbourhoods, colour‑coded by orthogroup for comparative genomics.
- Gene‑trait matching tool that highlights genes or annotations distinguishing phenotypic groups.
- Integrated BLAST (nucleotide and protein) with contextual annotation of hits.
- Automated phylogenetic tree generation from TaxID, ANI/GenDisCal similarity or single‑copy orthologs (OrthoFinder).
- Dot‑plot assembly comparison revealing repeats, inversions and rearrangements.
- Export options for CSV, FASTA, PNG/SVG and API access for downstream integration.
- Flexible user‑management and permission system; supports on‑premise deployment behind firewalls or cloud hosting.