feat: format table numbers with a comma (#719)

[frano-m]

Closes #719.

This pull request introduces improvements to the formatting and display of numeric values in tables, as well as adjustments to table column widths for better layout consistency across the BRC Analytics Catalog UI. The most significant changes are the introduction and application of a formatNumber utility to ensure numeric values are consistently formatted, and a series of updates to table column minimum widths for improved readability and alignment.

Number formatting improvements:

• Added a new formatNumber utility function in viewModelBuilders.ts to format numbers with locale-aware separators, and applied this function to all relevant numeric cell renderers in genome and sequencing data tables. This ensures that values like counts and lengths are easier to read. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Table layout and column width adjustments:

• Updated the gridTemplateColumns property in buildOrganismGenomesTable to use wider minimum column widths, improving the appearance and usability of the genome tables.
• Increased the minimum widths for a variety of columns in the genomeEntityConfig table configuration, including taxonomic levels, strain, serotype, isolate, and several numeric columns, to ensure better alignment and avoid text truncation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

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Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces number formatting with locale-aware separators for numeric table values and adjusts column widths across the BRC Analytics Catalog to improve readability and layout consistency.

• Adds a formatNumber utility function that formats numbers with locale-specific separators (commas)
• Applies number formatting to genome assembly counts, chromosome counts, length values, and scaffold metrics
• Updates minimum column widths for taxonomic levels, strain/serotype/isolate fields, and numeric columns

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
genomeEntityConfig.ts	Updates minimum column widths for taxonomic fields and numeric columns in genome table configuration
viewModelBuilders.ts	Adds formatNumber utility and applies it to numeric cell renderers, updates grid template columns
columnDef.ts	Applies number formatting to base count and read count columns in sequencing data tables

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