1. Register Register your project information and Metadata in the Genomes Online Database Register 2. Annotate Annotate your microbial genome or metagenome with IMG/ER or IMG/MER Annotate 3. Publish Publish your genome or metagenome in open access standards-supportive journal. Publish

Studies   Metagenomic  965   Non-Metagenomic 25,156	Biosamples Classification Ecosystems    Host-associated 5,665    Engineered 2,750    Environmental 7,489	Sequencing Projects Complete Projects 9,049 Permanent Drafts 42,674 Incomplete Projects 43,067 Targeted Projects 1,456	Analysis Projects Genome Analysis 56,396 Metagenome Analysis 11,274 Combined Assembly 108 Genome from Metagenome 1,713 Metatranscriptome Analysis 1,683 Single Cell (Screened) 1,185 Single Cell (Unscreened) 838 Transcriptome Analysis 12
Organisms Organisms 239,105    Archaea 1,997    Bacteria 218,766    Eukarya 13,699    Viruses 4,614	Special Projects Type Strain Projects 5,596 GEBA Projects 2,776 HMP Projects 2,916	JGI Projects JGI Studies 1,135 JGI Biosamples 6,848 JGI Sequencing Projects 33,831 JGI Analysis Projects 20,303	Projects with Genbank Data Seq. Projects 52,740    Archaeal Projects 708    Bacterial Projects 44,549

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Reddy TBK, Thomas A, Stamatis D, Bertsch J, Isbandi M, Jansson J, Mallajosyula J, Pagani I, Lobos E and Kyrpides N. The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) v.5: a metadata management system based on a four level (meta)genome project classification. Nucl. Acids Res. (2014) doi: 10.1093/nar/gku950
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