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Title: Earth Microbiome Project and Global Systems Biology

Abstract

Here, we published the first large-scale analysis of data from the Earth Microbiome Project (EMP) (1, 2), a truly multidisciplinary research program involving more than 500 scientists and 27,751 samples acquired from 43 countries. These samples represent myriad specimen types and span a wide range of biotic and abiotic factors, geographic locations, and physicochemical properties. The database (https://qiita.ucsd.edu/emp/) is still growing, with more than 100,000 amplicon data sets and more than 500 paired metagenomic and metabolomic data sets. Importantly, the techniques, data, and analytical tools are all standardized and publicly accessible, providing a framework to support research at a scale of integration that just 7 years ago seemed impossible.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  3. Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1490091
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
mSystems
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2379-5077
Publisher:
American Society for Microbiology
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; amplicon; global; meta-analysis; metadata; microbiome; systems biology

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Gilbert, Jack A., Jansson, Janet K., and Knight, Rob. Earth Microbiome Project and Global Systems Biology. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00217-17.
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Gilbert, Jack A., Jansson, Janet K., & Knight, Rob. Earth Microbiome Project and Global Systems Biology. United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00217-17
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Gilbert, Jack A., Jansson, Janet K., and Knight, Rob. Tue . "Earth Microbiome Project and Global Systems Biology". United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00217-17. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490091.
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@article{osti_1490091,
title = {Earth Microbiome Project and Global Systems Biology},
author = {Gilbert, Jack A. and Jansson, Janet K. and Knight, Rob},
abstractNote = {Here, we published the first large-scale analysis of data from the Earth Microbiome Project (EMP) (1, 2), a truly multidisciplinary research program involving more than 500 scientists and 27,751 samples acquired from 43 countries. These samples represent myriad specimen types and span a wide range of biotic and abiotic factors, geographic locations, and physicochemical properties. The database (https://qiita.ucsd.edu/emp/) is still growing, with more than 100,000 amplicon data sets and more than 500 paired metagenomic and metabolomic data sets. Importantly, the techniques, data, and analytical tools are all standardized and publicly accessible, providing a framework to support research at a scale of integration that just 7 years ago seemed impossible.},
doi = {10.1128/mSystems.00217-17},
journal = {mSystems},
number = 3,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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FIG 1 FIG 1: The Earth Microbiome Project was a result of collaborations with hundreds of scientists around the planet; each with their own research interests.
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