An Introduction to Metagenome Databases of Environmental Microbiology

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.11.008

Abstract

Abstract: The huge data produced by metagenome are valuable resources for environmental microbiology research. Until now, there are many big projects such as the Earth Microbiome Project and Census of Marine Life, which generated huge metagenome data and also constructed various databases and platforms to store and analyze these data. In this review, we summarized the current big projects, databases and online analysis platforms for environmental metagenomes. We introduced the project background, the sample information, the data type, the usage mode and the webpage of those databases.

Key words: metagenome, database, resources, microbiology

Wang Huili, Guo Anyuan. An Introduction to Metagenome Databases of Environmental Microbiology[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2015, 31(11): 78-88.

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