[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes Release 7

[jeff at ebi.ac.uk]

The Ensembl Genomes Project is pleased to announce release 7 of Ensembl
Genomes (http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/).

The main highlights of this release are:

* Software migration to Ensembl 60

* 66 new genomes added  for Ensembl Bacteria and updated functional
genomics databases for Escherichia/Shigella and Staphylococcus

* Puccinia graminis f sp tritic genome added to Ensembl Fungi

* Zea mays and Physcomitrella patens genomes added to Ensembl Plants,
new variation datasets for Oryza sativa and updates to the
functional genomics databases for Oryza sativa indica, Oryza sativa
japonica and Arabidopsis thaliana

* Acyrthosiphon pisum genome added to Ensembl Metazoa

Please see the individual homepages for more detailed information:
http://bacteria.ensembl.org
http://protists.ensembl.org
http://fungi.ensembl.org
http://plants.ensembl.org
http://metazoa.ensembl.org