The KMAP Global Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0 | Frontiers in Science

A liter of seawater contains billions of microorganisms. Yet despite their crucial role in marine health and biogeochemical cycling-plus potential applications in biotechnology-the vast majority remain unknown to science.
Laiolo et al. report a significant breakthrough: the identification of 317.5 million ocean gene clusters, with over half matched to microbial class, gene function, location, and habitat type. Their lead article, published in Frontiers in Science, discusses taxonomic and metabolic findings and explores next steps to building a full, open-source global ocean genome-including the need for adequate intellectual property frameworks.
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Citation:
Laiolo E, Alam I, Uludag M, Jamil T, Agusti S, Gojobori T, et al. Metagenomic probing toward an atlas of the taxonomic and metabolic foundations of the global ocean genome. Front Sci (2024) 1:1038696. doi: 10.3389/fsci.2023.1038696