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The Earth Microbiome Project: The Meeting Report for the 1st International Earth Microbiome Project Conference, Shenzhen, China, June 13th-15th 2011

  • Jack A. Gilbert
  • , Mark Bailey
  • , Dawn Field
  • , Noah Fierer
  • , Jed A. Fuhrman
  • , Bin Hu
  • , Janet Jansson
  • , Rob Knight
  • , George A. Kowalchuk
  • , Nikos C. Kyrpides
  • , Folker Meyer
  • , Rick Stevens
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • The University of Chicago
  • Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • University of Southern California
  • CAS - Beijing Institute of Genomics
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • United States Department of Energy
  • extern

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Abstract

This report details the outcome of the 1st International Earth Microbiome Project Conference. The 2-day conference was held at the Kingkey Palace Hotel, Shenzhen, China, on the 14th-15th June 2011, and was hosted by BGI (formally the Beijing Genomics Institute). The conference was arranged as a formal launch for the Earth Microbiome Project, to highlight some of the exciting research projects, results of the preliminary pilot studies, and to provide a discussion forum for the types of technology and experimental approaches that will come to define the standard operating procedures of this project.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-247
Number of pages5
JournalStandards in Genomic Sciences
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

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