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ELIXIR pilot action: Marine metagenomics - towards a domain specific set of sustainable services.

ABSTRACT: Metagenomics, the study of genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples, has the potential to provide insight into the structure and function of heterogeneous microbial communities. There has been an increased use of metagenomics to discover and understand the diverse biosynthetic capacities of marine microbes, thereby allowing them to be exploited for industrial, food, and health care products. This ELIXIR pilot action was motivated by the need to establish dedicated data resources and harmonized metagenomics pipelines for the marine domain, in order to enhance the exploration and exploitation of marine genetic resources. In this paper, we summarize some of the results from the ELIXIR pilot action "Marine metagenomics - towards user centric services".

SUBMITTER: Robertsen EM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5461914 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ELIXIR pilot action: Marine metagenomics - towards a domain specific set of sustainable services.

Robertsen Espen Mikal EM Denise Hubert H Mitchell Alex A Finn Robert D RD Bongo Lars Ailo LA Willassen Nils Peder NP

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Metagenomics, the study of genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples, has the potential to provide insight into the structure and function of heterogeneous microbial communities. There has been an increased use of metagenomics to discover and understand the diverse biosynthetic capacities of marine microbes, thereby allowing them to be exploited for industrial, food, and health care products. This ELIXIR pilot action was motivated by the need to establish dedicated data res ...[more]

PMID: 28620454

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ELIXIR pilot action: Marine metagenomics - towards a domain specific set of sustainable services.

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ELIXIR pilot action: Marine metagenomics - towards a domain specific set of sustainable services.

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