The Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (GCM) 10K type strain sequencing project: providing services to taxonomists for standard genome sequencing and annotation

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2019 Apr;69(4):895-898. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003276. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

Abstract

The World Federation of Culture Collections and the World Data Center for Microorganisms (wdcm) initiated an international community-led project to sequence and annotate newly described prokaryotic taxa. This sequencing project aims to cooperate with international culture collections and the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology and contribute to the expansion of whole genome sequencing databases for type strains. It will provide global microbial taxonomists with free standard genome sequencing and annotation services. Taxonomists are encouraged to contact the wdcm and participant culture collections to submit a type strain sequencing proposal.

Keywords: culture collections; genome sequencing; prokaryote; type strain.

MeSH terms

  • Classification / methods*
  • Databases, Genetic*
  • Genomics / standards*
  • Prokaryotic Cells / classification*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / standards*