Genomic Methods and Microbiological Technologies for Profiling Novel and Extreme Environments for the Extreme Microbiome Project (XMP).

• Main Authors: Tighe, Scott, Afshinnekoo, Ebrahim, Rock, Tara M, McGrath, Ken, Alexander, Noah, McIntyre, Alexa, Ahsanuddin, Sofia, Bezdan, Daniela, Green, Stefan J, Joye, Samantha, Stewart Johnson, Sarah, Baldwin, Don A, Bivens, Nathan, Ajami, Nadim, Carmical, Joseph R, Herriott, Ian Charold, Colwell, Rita, Donia, Mohamed, Foox, Jonathan, Greenfield, Nick, Hunter, Tim, Hoffman, Jessica, Hyman, Joshua, Jorgensen, Ellen, Krawczyk, Diana, Lee, Jodie, Levy, Shawn, Garcia-Reyero, Natàlia, Settles, Matthew, Thomas, Kelley, Gómez, Felipe, Schriml, Lynn, Kyrpides, Nikos, Zaikova, Elena, Penterman, Jon, Mason, Christopher E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2017
• Subjects: DNA; Bacterial; RNA; Sequence Analysis; Environmental Microbiology; Reference Standards; Metagenome; Molecular Typing; Microbiota; Extreme Environments; Polyzyme; extremophile; metagenomics; shotgun sequencing; whole genome; Biological Sciences; Technology; Medical and Health Sciences; Greenland; Blue Lagoon; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceland; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1kc8j7m2

The Extreme Microbiome Project (XMP) is a project launched by the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Metagenomics Research Group (ABRF MGRG) that focuses on whole genome shotgun sequencing of extreme and unique environments using a wide variety of biomolecular techniques. The goals are...