Fig. 1: Overview of the 12,255 bacterial genomes analyzed.

A Workflow illustrating the steps involved in constructing the bacterial genome catalogue. B Distribution of genome length and GC count for each assembled genome. C Genome completeness and contamination metrics, representing the percentage of genome recovery and the corresponding contamination level. D Taxonomic classification of genomes across hierarchical levels. Rectangles represent different taxonomic ranks, with their lengths proportional to the number of genomes assigned to each level.