The Earth Microbiome Project: Meeting report of the “1st EMP meeting on sample selection and acquisition” at Argonne National Laboratory October 6th 2010.

Abstract

This report details the outcome the first meeting of the Earth Microbiome Project to discuss sample selection and acquisition. The meeting, held at the Argonne National Laboratory on Wednesday October 6(th) 2010, focused on discussion of how to prioritize environmental samples for sequencing and metagenomic analysis as part of the global effort of the EMP to systematically determine the functional and phylogenetic diversity of microbial communities across the world.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Argonne National Laboratory US
• University of Chicago US
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory US
• Biotechnology Institute US
• University of Delaware US
• Joint Genome Institute US
• Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology DE
• Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures DE
• Cornell University US
• NASA Earth Science
• University of Colorado Boulder US
• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology GB
• Michigan State University US

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