Published June 19, 2015 | Version v1
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The ocean sampling day consortium

Creators

  • 1. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen, D-28359, Germany
  • 2. University of Oxford, 7 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QG, Oxfordshire, UK
  • 3. Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Campus Ring 1, Bremen, D-28759, Germany
  • 4. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, MacLean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, Oxfordshire, UK
  • 5. CNRS & Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Station Biologique, Place Georges Teissier, Roscoff, F-29680, France
  • 6. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel- Shikmona, POB 8030, Haifa, 31080, Israel
  • 7. Alfred Wegener Institute, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Kurpromenade 201, Helgoland, 27498, Germany
  • 8. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Gournes Pediados, Heraklion, 71500, Crete, Greece
  • 9. Biology Department and YJ-Science and Technology Research Center, American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
  • 10. Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet 301, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
  • 11. National University of Ireland–University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • 12. Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet 301, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
  • 13. Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 14. School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, Essex, UK
  • 15. Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Schleusenstrasse 1, Wilhemshaven, 26383, Germany
  • 16. Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Campo Grande 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 17. Department of Microbiology, Virology and Biotechnology, Odessa National II Mechnikov University, Dvoryanskaya str.2, Odessa, 65082, Ukraine
  • 18. Matis Ltd, Vinlandsleid 12, 113, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • 19. InBio/CIBIO, Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 9501-801, Portugal
  • 20. National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences (CNR-ISMAR), Castello 2737/f, Arsenale Tesa 104, Venezia, 30122, Italy
  • 21. Institute of Microbiology/ GEOMAR, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, Kiel, 24118, Germany
  • 22. Marine Research Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
  • 23. NOAA/National Ocean Service/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, USA
  • 24. Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53B, Bergen, 5020, Norway
  • 25. LaRoche Research Group, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, B3H 4R2, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • 26. Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Viale Trieste 296, Pesaro, 61121, Italy
  • 27. University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, 31411, Georgia, USA
  • 28. NOAA–Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 4840 S State Road, Ann Arbor, 48108, Michigan, USA
  • 29. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 20013, DC, USA
  • 30. CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Center of Environmental and Marine Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, Porto, 4050-123, Portugal
  • 31. Station Marine d’Arcachon, CNRS & Univ Bordeaux, 2 rue Professeur Jolyet, Arcachon, F-33120, France
  • 32. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Unidad Mérida, Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km 6 Cordemex, C.P., Yucatan, 97310, Mexico
  • 33. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 39406, Mississippi, USA
  • 34. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, 04544, Maine, USA
  • 35. Smithsonian Marine Station, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, 34949, Florida, USA
  • 36. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Balboa Ancon, Panama
  • 37. Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90089-0371, California, USA
  • 38. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR7621, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, Banyuls sur Mer, F-66651, France
  • 39. Microbial Ecology of Aquatic Transitional Systems Research Group, Centro Universitario de la Región Este, Universidad de la República, Ruta 15, km 28.500, Rocha, Uruguay
  • 40. The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel
  • 41. NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, 33149, Florida, USA
  • 42. Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
  • 43. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) – Aquatic Sciences, Henley Beach, 5022, South Australia, Australia
  • 44. Flanders Marine Institute, InnovOcean site, Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, 8400, Belgium
  • 45. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, Suffolk, UK
  • 46. Microbial Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Centre of Marine Sciences, Algarve University, Gambelas Campus, Building 7, Room 2.77, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal
  • 47. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, Devon, UK
  • 48. Soil and Water Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, El-Shatbi, Alexandria, 21545, Egypt
  • 49. Marine Biogeochemistry – Argentine Institute of Oceanography, Camino La Carrindanga Km 7,5, Florida, 8000, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
  • 50. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, F-Villefranche-sur-Mer, Paris, France
  • 51. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan
  • 52. Waters, Wetlands and Coasts, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney South 1232, 59-61 Goulburn Street, Sydney, 2001, New South Wales, Australia
  • 53. Lwandle Technologies, Black River Park, Fir Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 54. Marine Research Division, AZTI, Txatxarramendi ugartea z/g, Sukarrieta, 48395, Bizkaia, Spain
  • 55. CRIOBE, USR3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, LabEx Corail, Papetoai Moorea, BP 1013-98729, French Polynesia
  • 56. Polydisciplinary Faculty of Nador, University Mohammed Premier, Selouane, Nador, Morocco
  • 57. Laboratory of Genetics and Biotechnology, University Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Morocco
  • 58. Faculty of Sciences of Rabat, University Mohammed Fifth Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
  • 59. Laboratory of Genetics and Biotechnology, University Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Morocco
  • 60. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (IBER), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria
  • 61. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, Cambridgeshire, UK
  • 62. Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Place Nicolas Copernic, Plouzané, F-29280, France
  • 63. Dokuz Eylul University (DEU), Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology (IMST), Baku Bulvard, No: 100, Inciralti, Izmir, 35340, Balcova, Turkey
  • 64. Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, Padova, 35121, Italy
  • 65. Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, 60 Nanyang Drive, SBS 01N-27, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
  • 66. Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
  • 67. IPMA, Department of Sea and Marine Resources, Avenida de Brasília, s/n, Lisboa, 1449-006, Portugal
  • 68. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IGS UMR 7256, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille, 13288, France
  • 69. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science, MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen, Hochschulring 18, Bremen, 28359, Germany
  • 70. OGS, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Via Auguste Piccard, 54, 34151, Santa Croce, Trieste, Italy
  • 71. Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka
  • 72. Mediterranean Science Commission, 16 Bd de Suisse, Monaco, 98 000, Monaco
  • 73. Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, Piran, 6330, Slovenia
  • 74. Near East University, TRNC Mersin 10, Nicosia, 99138, Northern Cyprus
  • 75. Phytoplankton Ecology, Marine Scotland Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB, Aberdeenshire, UK
  • 76. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, E-48080, Basque Country, Spain
  • 77. Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Oceanology, First May Street 40, Varna, 9000, Bulgaria
  • 78. Nicholas School of the Environment and Biology Department, Duke University, 135 Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, 28516, North Carolina, USA
  • 79. NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, 33149, Florida, USA
  • 80. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Napoli, 80121, Italy
  • 81. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, 2 Seferi Street, Agrinio, 301 00, Greece
  • 82. British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, Cambridgeshire, UK
  • 83. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), 28 rue du 2 mars 1934, Salammbô, 2025, Tunisia
  • 84. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 99775, Alaska, USA
  • 85. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kewalo Marine Laboratory, 41 Ahui St., Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, USA
  • 86. Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
  • 87. Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, USA
  • 88. College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
  • 89. Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea, BP 244 98728, French Polynesia
  • 90. Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, IAMC-CNR, Spianata S Raineri, 86 – 98122, Messina, Sicily, Italy
  • 91. Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
  • 92. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, 7000, Tasmania, Australia
  • 93. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, E-48080, Basque Country, Spain
  • 94. Polydisciplinary Faculty of Nador, University Mohammed Premier, Selouane, Nador, Morocco
  • 95. BouchraLaboratory of Genetics and Biotechnology, University Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Morocco
  • 96. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Tanger, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tanger, Morocco
  • 97. Pasteur Institute of Morocco, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca, 20100, Morocco
  • 98. Microbiology, Health and Environment Team, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, Rte Ben Maachou, BP 20 Avenue des Facultés, El Jadida, Morocco
  • 99. Indigo V Expeditions, ONE°15 Marina, #01-01, 11 Cove Drive, Sentosa Cove, Singapore, 098497, Singapore
  • 100. Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, 60 Nanyang Drive, SBS 01N-27, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
  • 101. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats NE30 4PZ, Tyne and Wear, UK
  • 102. Kind of Blue Project ABS and Citizen Science, Gaustadvn 6, Oslo, 0372, Norway
  • 103. Section for Aquatic Biology and Toxicology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway
  • 104. Drøbak Field Station, Marine Biology Research station, Biologiveien 2, Drøbak, 1440, Norway
  • 105. School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, Bangor, UK
  • 106. Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC, Pg Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona, E08003, Catalunya, Spain

Description

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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Funding

MICRO B3 – Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology 287589
European Commission