title: The ocean sampling day consortium.
abstract: Ocean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine microbial biodiversity and function of the world's oceans. It is a simultaneous global mega-sequencing campaign aiming to generate the largest standardized microbial data set in a single day. This will be achievable only through the coordinated efforts of an Ocean Sampling Day Consortium, supportive partnerships and networks between sites. This commentary outlines the establishment, function and aims of the Consortium and describes our vision for a sustainable study of marine microbial communities and their embedded functional traits.
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authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Science Commission, 16 Bd de Suisse, 98 000 Monaco, Monaco.
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authors.initials: M
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authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia.
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authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tinkara
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authors.affiliation: Near East University, TRNC Mersin 10, 99138 Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
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authors.affiliation: Near East University, TRNC Mersin 10, 99138 Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
authors.forename: Ilkay
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authors.affiliation: Near East University, TRNC Mersin 10, 99138 Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
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authors.affiliation: Near East University, TRNC Mersin 10, 99138 Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
authors.forename: Mahmut Cerkez
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authors.affiliation: Phytoplankton Ecology, Marine Scotland Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Road, AB11 9DB Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire UK.
authors.forename: Eileen
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authors.lastname: Bresnan
authors.affiliation: University of the Basque Country, PO Box 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Basque Country Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
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authors.affiliation: Kind of Blue Project ABS and Citizen Science, Gaustadvn 6, 0372 Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Paul Anders Fronth
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nyhus
authors.affiliation: Section for Aquatic Biology and Toxicology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066, 0316 Blindern, Oslo Norway.
authors.forename: Edvardsen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bente
authors.affiliation: Drøbak Field Station, Marine Biology Research station, Biologiveien 2, 1440 Drøbak, Norway.
authors.forename: Hans Erik
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Karlsen
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, LL57 2UW Gwynedd, Bangor UK.
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Golyshin
authors.affiliation: Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC, Pg Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, E08003 Barcelona, Catalunya Spain.
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gasol
authors.affiliation: Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Oceanology, First May Street 40, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Snejana
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authors.lastname: Moncheva
authors.affiliation: Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Oceanology, First May Street 40, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Nina
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authors.lastname: Dzhembekova
authors.affiliation: Nicholas School of the Environment and Biology Department, Duke University, 135 Marine Lab Road, 28516 Beaufort, North Carolina USA.
authors.forename: Zackary
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authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149 Miami, Florida USA.
authors.forename: Christopher David
authors.initials: CD
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authors.affiliation: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149 Miami, Florida USA ; Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, 33149 Miami, Florida USA.
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authors.lastname: Zingone
authors.affiliation: Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy ; Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Danovaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, 2 Seferi Street, 301 00 Agrinio, Greece.
authors.forename: George
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authors.affiliation: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, CB3 0ET Cambridge, Cambridgeshire UK.
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authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: InBio/CIBIO, Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), 28 rue du 2 mars 1934, 2025 Salammbô, Tunisia.
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authors.affiliation: InBio/CIBIO, Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal ; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, PT-9901-862 Horta, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Box 757220, 99775 Fairbanks, Alaska USA.
authors.forename: R Eric
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Box 757220, 99775 Fairbanks, Alaska USA.
authors.forename: Anne-Lise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ducluzeau
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kewalo Marine Laboratory, 41 Ahui St., Honolulu, 96813 Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142 New Zealand.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Costello
authors.affiliation: Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, 02543 Massachusetts, USA ; Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 02912 Providence, Rhode Island USA.
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Amaral-Zettler
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China ; Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Bioscience Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, 60439 Argonne, Illinois USA ; University of Chicago, 1101 E 57th Street, 60637 Chicago, Illinois USA ; Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, 02543 Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.affiliation: Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Campus Ring 1, D-28759 Bremen, Germany ; Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, BP 244 98728 Moorea, French Polynesia.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Campus Ring 1, D-28759 Bremen, Germany ; University of Oxford, 7 Keble Road, OX1 3QG Oxford, Oxfordshire UK.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Field
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany ; Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Campus Ring 1, D-28759 Bremen, Germany.
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authors.initials: FO
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mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D003628:Database Management Systems; D008386:Marine Biology; D056186:Metagenomics; D009792:Oceans and Seas
keywords: Bacteria; Biodiversity; Genomics; Health Index; Marine; Metagenomics; Micro B3; Microorganism; OSD; Ocean sampling day; Standards