The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) is a web-based resource for comprehensive information regarding

genome A genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding genes, other functional regions of the genome such as ...

and

metagenome Metagenomics is the study of all genetic material from all organisms in a particular environment, providing insights into their composition, diversity, and functional potential. Metagenomics has allowed researchers to profile the microbial co ...

sequencing projects, and their associated metadata, around the world. Since 2011, the GOLD database has been run by the DOE Joint Genome Institute The GOLD database was created in 1997; the first version of the database contained information for 350 sequencing projects, of which 48 had been completely sequenced with their analyses published. GOLD v.5 was released on 28 May 2014. , the GOLD database contains information for 67,879

genome sequencing Whole genome sequencing (WGS), also known as full genome sequencing or just genome sequencing, is the process of determining the entirety of the DNA sequence of an organism's genome at a single time. This entails sequencing all of an organism's ...

projects, of which 7,210 have been completed. In order to facilitate comparative analysis between the information in GOLD and other databases (for example,

GenBank The GenBank sequence database is an open access, annotated collection of all publicly available nucleotide sequences and their protein translations. It is produced and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI; a par ...

and the

EMBL The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 29 member states, two prospect member states, and one associate member state. EMBL was created in ...

), GOLD supports the

minimum information standards Minimum information standards are sets of guidelines and formats for reporting data derived by specific high-throughput methods. Their purpose is to ensure the data generated by these methods can be easily verified, analysed and interpreted by the ...

metadata Metadata (or metainformation) is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data itself, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including: * Descriptive ...

specifications recommended by the

Genomic Standards Consortium The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) is an initiative working towards richer descriptions of our collection of genomes, Metagenomics, metagenomes and marker genes. Established in September 2005, this international community includes representativ ...

, in particular, the MIxS (Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence) specification. GOLD also allows the annotation of genomes or metagenomes using the DOE JGI

Integrated Microbial Genomes System The Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) system is a genome browsing and annotation platform developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)- Joint Genome Institute. IMG contains all the draft and complete microbial genomes sequenced by the DOE-JG ...

and has links to the

BioMed Central BioMed Central (BMC) is a United Kingdom-based, for-profit scientific open access publisher that produces over 250 scientific journals. All its journals are published online only. BioMed Central describes itself as the first and largest open a ...

journal ''Standards in Genomic Sciences'', allowing (meta)genomic data to be published.

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GOLD

NCBI BioProject
Genome projects Genome databases Online databases

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