title: EBI metagenomics--a new resource for the analysis and archiving of metagenomic data.
abstract: Metagenomics is a relatively recently established but rapidly expanding field that uses high-throughput next-generation sequencing technologies to characterize the microbial communities inhabiting different ecosystems (including oceans, lakes, soil, tundra, plants and body sites). Metagenomics brings with it a number of challenges, including the management, analysis, storage and sharing of data. In response to these challenges, we have developed a new metagenomics resource (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/) that allows users to easily submit raw nucleotide reads for functional and taxonomic analysis by a state-of-the-art pipeline, and have them automatically stored (together with descriptive, standards-compliant metadata) in the European Nucleotide Archive.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, UK, Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG, UK and NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK.
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mesh_terms: D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D020407:Internet; D055432:Metabolomics; D056186:Metagenomics; D040901:Proteomics; D012984:Software