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The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata

Published in:

Nucleic Acids Research 38 , D346-D354 (Jan 2010)

Author(s):

Liolios, K., Chen, I. M. A., Mavromatis, K., Tavernarakis, N., Hugenholtz, P., Markowitz, V. M., Kyrpides, N. C.

DOI:

Doi 10.1093/Nar/Gkp848

Abstract:

The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) is a comprehensive resource for centralized monitoring of genome and metagenome projects worldwide. Both complete and ongoing projects, along with their associated metadata, can be accessed in GOLD through precomputed tables and a search page. As of September 2009, GOLD contains information for more than 5800 sequencing projects, of which 1100 have been completed and their sequence data deposited in a public repository. GOLD continues to expand, moving toward the goal of providing the most comprehensive repository of metadata information related to the projects and their organisms/environments in accordance with the Minimum Information about a (Meta) Genome Sequence (MIGS/MIMS) specification. GOLD is available at: http://www.genomesonline.org and has a mirror site at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete, Greece, at:

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