Victor Markowitz

TL;DR: Here, the minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification is introduced with the intent of promoting participation in its development and discussing the resources that will be required to develop improved mechanisms of metadata capture and exchange.

TL;DR: The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) as mentioned in this paper is a comprehensive resource for centralized monitoring of genome and metagenome projects worldwide, containing information for more than 5800 sequencing projects.

TL;DR: This paper developed an Expert Review (ER) version of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) system, with the goal of supporting systematic and efficient revision of microbial genome annotations IMG ER provides tools for the review and curation of annotations of both new and publicly available microbial genomes within IMG's rich integrated genome framework.

TL;DR: Results from an initial reference genome sequencing of 178 microbial genomes allow for ~40% of random sequences from the microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract to be associated with organisms based on the match criteria used, suggesting that the authors are still far from saturating microbial species genetic data sets.

TL;DR: This work highlights the importance of SOPs for genome annotation and endorse an online repository of Sops and highlights the need for a central repository to store and disseminate procedures and protocols for annotation.