The Pathogen-annotated Tracking Resource Network (PATRN) system: A web-based resource to aid food safety, regulatory science, and investigations of foodborne pathogens and disease

► PATRN is a web-based resource developed by US FDA to aid food safety science. ► Database contains assay results and isolate metadata for source attribution. ► Provides computational tools for data mining, clustering and graphing of datasets. ► Provides a standardized format for data exchange and vocabulary for metadata. ► Provides analytical platform for whole genome sequencing and microarrays.