The global catalogue of microorganisms 10K type strain sequencing project: closing the genomic gaps for the validly published prokaryotic and fungi species.
Linhuan Wu, Kevin McCluskey, Philippe Desmeth, Shuangjiang Liu, Sugawara Hideaki, Ye Yin, Ohkuma Moriya, Takashi Itoh, Cha Young Kim, Jung-Sook Lee, Yuguang Zhou, Hiroko Kawasaki, Manzour Hernando Hazbón, Vincent Robert, Teun Boekhout, Nelson Lima, Lyudmila Evtushenko, Kyria Boundy-Mills, Boyke Bunk, Edward R B Moore, Lily Eurwilaichitr, Supawadee Ingsriswang, Heena Shah, Su Yao, Tao Jin, Jinqun Huang, Wenyu Shi, Qinglan Sun, Guomei Fan, Wei Li, Xian Li, Ipek Kurtböke, Juncai Ma
Author Information
Linhuan Wu: Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Kevin McCluskey: World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC).
Philippe Desmeth: World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC).
Shuangjiang Liu: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Sugawara Hideaki: National Institute of Genetics, Yata, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.
Ye Yin: BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
Ohkuma Moriya: Japan Collection of Microorganisms/Microbe Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Koyadai 3-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan.
Takashi Itoh: Japan Collection of Microorganisms/Microbe Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Koyadai 3-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan.
Cha Young Kim: Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 181 Ipsin-gil, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, 56212, Republic of Korea.
Jung-Sook Lee: Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 181 Ipsin-gil, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, 56212, Republic of Korea.
Yuguang Zhou: China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing10010, China.
Hiroko Kawasaki: NITE Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan.
Manzour Hernando Hazbón: American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
Vincent Robert: Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institue, Utrecht 3534CT, Netherlands.
Nelson Lima: Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, Biological Engineering Centre, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Lyudmila Evtushenko: All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms, GK Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.
Kyria Boundy-Mills: World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC).
Boyke Bunk: Leibniz-Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
Edward R B Moore: Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG), Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, SE-41346 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Lily Eurwilaichitr: World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC).
Supawadee Ingsriswang: Bioresources Technology Unit, Thailand Bioresource Research Center, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Bangkok National Science and Technology Development Agency, 113, Thailand.
Heena Shah: National Collection of Type Cultures, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, UK.
Su Yao: China Center of Industrial Culture Collection, Beijing 100015, China.
Tao Jin: BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China.
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 internationally coordinated effort to sequence type strains and close gaps in the genomic maps of microorganisms. Hence, the GCM aims to promote research by deep-mining genomic data.
