Reference genome for the Human Microbiome Project

Dorea formicigenerans ATCC 27755. The genome sequence consists of 7.5X coverage in plasmid end reads and 454 reads. Further processing has included one round of automated sequence improvement (pre-finishing), along with manual improvement that includes breaking apart any mis-assembly, and making manual joins where possible. Manual edits also are made where the consensus appears to be incorrect. All low quality data on the ends of contigs is removed. Contigs are ordered and oriented where possible. This sequenced strain is part of a comprehensive, sequence-based survey of members of the normal human gut microbiota. A joint effort of the WU-GSC and the Center for Genome Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, the purpose of this survey is to provide the general scientific community with a broad view of the gene content of 100 representatives of the major divisions represented in the intestine's microbial community. This information should provide a frame of reference for analyzing metagenomic studies of the human gut microbiome.