Authors
Pelin Yilmaz, Renzo Kottmann, Dawn Field, Rob Knight, James R Cole, Linda Amaral-Zettler, Jack A Gilbert, Ilene Karsch-Mizrachi, Anjanette Johnston, Guy Cochrane, Robert Vaughan, Christopher Hunter, Joonhong Park, Norman Morrison, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Peter Sterk, Manimozhiyan Arumugam, Mark Bailey, Laura Baumgartner, Bruce W Birren, Martin J Blaser, Vivien Bonazzi, Tim Booth, Peer Bork, Frederic D Bushman, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Patrick SG Chain, Emily Charlson, Elizabeth K Costello, Heather Huot-Creasy, Peter Dawyndt, Todd DeSantis, Noah Fierer, Jed A Fuhrman, Rachel E Gallery, Dirk Gevers, Richard A Gibbs, Inigo San Gil, Antonio Gonzalez, Jeffrey I Gordon, Robert Guralnick, Wolfgang Hankeln, Sarah Highlander, Philip Hugenholtz, Janet Jansson, Andrew L Kau, Scott T Kelley, Jerry Kennedy, Dan Knights, Omry Koren, Justin Kuczynski, Nikos Kyrpides, Robert Larsen, Christian L Lauber, Teresa Legg, Ruth E Ley, Catherine A Lozupone
Publication date
2011/5
Journal
Nature Biotechnology
Volume
29
Issue
5
Pages
415
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Description
Here we present a standard developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for reporting marker gene sequences—the minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS). We also introduce a system for describing the environment from which a biological sample originates. The 'environmental packages' apply to any genome sequence of known origin and can be used in combination with MIMARKS and other GSC checklists. Finally, to establish a unified standard for describing sequence data and to provide a single point of entry for the scientific community to access and learn about GSC checklists, we present the minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS). Adoption of MIxS will enhance our ability to analyze natural genetic diversity documented by massive DNA sequencing efforts from myriad ecosystems in our ever-changing biosphere.
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P Yilmaz, R Kottmann, D Field, R Knight, JR Cole… - Nature biotechnology, 2011