ELIXIR pilot action: Marine metagenomics – towards a domain specific set of sustainable services [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Espen Mikal Robertsen,
Hubert Denise,
Alex Mitchell,
Robert D. Finn,
Lars Ailo Bongo,
Nils Peder Willassen
Affiliations
Espen Mikal Robertsen
Center for Bioinformatics (SfB), UiT The Arctic University of Norway Bioinformatics, Tromsø, Norway
Hubert Denise
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
Alex Mitchell
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
Robert D. Finn
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
Lars Ailo Bongo
Center for Bioinformatics (SfB), UiT The Arctic University of Norway Bioinformatics, Tromsø, Norway
Nils Peder Willassen
Center for Bioinformatics (SfB), UiT The Arctic University of Norway Bioinformatics, Tromsø, Norway
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”.
