The global catalogue of microorganisms 10K type strain sequencing project: closing the genomic gaps for the validly published prokaryotic and fungi species.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941136 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
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The global catalogue of microorganisms 10K type strain sequencing project: closing the genomic gaps for the validly published prokaryotic and fungi species.
Wu Linhuan L McCluskey Kevin K Desmeth Philippe P Liu Shuangjiang S Hideaki Sugawara S Yin Ye Y Moriya Ohkuma O Itoh Takashi T Kim Cha Young CY Lee Jung-Sook JS Zhou Yuguang Y Kawasaki Hiroko H Hazbón Manzour Hernando MH Robert Vincent V Boekhout Teun T Lima Nelson N Evtushenko Lyudmila L Boundy-Mills Kyria K Bunk Boyke B Moore Edward R B ERB Eurwilaichitr Lily L Ingsriswang Supawadee S Shah Heena H Yao Su S Jin Tao T Huang Jinqun J Shi Wenyu W Sun Qinglan Q Fan Guomei G Li Wei W Li Xian X Kurtböke Ipek I Ma Juncai J
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Genomic information is essential for taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional studies to comprehensively decipher the characteristics of microorganisms, to explore microbiomes through metagenomics, and to answer fundamental questions of nature and human life. However, large gaps remain in the available genomic sequencing information published for bacterial and archaeal species, and the gaps are even larger for fungal type strains. The Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (GCM) leads an internationa ...[more]
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