| The microbial sequencing effort at the GSC currently
includes over 100 organisms in several categories (listed as below).
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| Bacteroides and Eubacterium |
The Bacteroides and Eubacterium project includes 8 organisms from the intestine used as a model to examine symbiotic host-bacterial interactions from the perspective of the host and microbe. |
| Bioluminescent Bacteria |
The Bioluminescent organism project involves sequencing of the genome of Vibrio harveyi, an organism important in quorum sensing, the use of mixtures of secreted chemicals to communicate. |
| Human Gut Microbiome |
The Human Gut Microbiome project seeks to deliver a more comprehensive view of our biology by providing deep draft whole genome sequences for 100 species representing the bacterial divisions known to reside in the distal gut. |
| Mutualistic Bacteria Associated With Fungus-growing Ants |
Fungus-growing ants have formed a partnership with antibiotic-producing filamentous gram-positive actinobacteria in the genus Pseudonocardia, in order to combat a microfungal parasite that would destroy the fungi that they cultivate for food. Since there are 4 participants in this relationship, it is labeled a quadripartite symbiosis. Sequencing the genomes of these ant-associated Pseudonocardia will provide insight into the evolution of this symbiosis and provide clues as to how such a relationship may have evolved. |
| The Enteric Bacteria |
The Enterobacterial project will provide a comparative view of another set of 9 intestinal organisms, specifically several Salmonellas and a Klebsiella, a Citrobacter, and an Enterobacter. |
| Recent status changes can be accessed in the individual genome
web pages, found in the appropriate project category.
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