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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA) VI: learning from type strains

William B Whitman A , Hans-Peter Klenk B , David R Arahal C , Rosa Aznar C , George Garrity D , Michael Pester E and Philip Hugenholtz F
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A Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Email: whitman@uga.edu

B School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

C Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT), Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot (Valencia), Spain

D Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University and NamesforLife, LLC, East Lansing, MI, USA

E DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstr. 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany

F Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia

Microbiology Australia 40(3) 125-129 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA19034
Published: 12 September 2019

Abstract

Type strains of species are one of the most valuable resources in microbiology. During the last decade, the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA) projects at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and their collaborators have worked towards sequencing the genome of all the type strains of prokaryotic species. A new project GEBA VI extends these efforts to functional genomics, including pangenome and transcriptome sequencing and exometabolite analyses. As part of this project, investigators with interests in specific groups of prokaryotes are invited to submit samples for analysis at JGI.


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