More than 100 microbes have been sequenced as part of the Genome Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA) project to provide information on unrepresented branches of the Tree of Life. Now the team plans to sequence another several dozen bacteria and archaea not just to increase the phylogenetic reference genomes but to also identify new proteins and subfamilies that could be useful to the DOE missions.
Principal Investigators: Jonathan Eisen, DOE JGI
Program: CSP 2011