18S rRNA amplicon sequencing from the Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) campaign June 2018

Ocean Sampling Day was initiated by the EU-funded Micro B3 (Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology) project to obtain a snapshot of the marine microbial biodiversity and function of the world’s oceans. It is a simultaneous global mega-sequencing campaign aiming to generate the largest standardized microbial data set in a single day. This will be achievable only through the coordinated efforts of an Ocean Sampling Day Consortium, supportive partnerships and networks between sites. The OSD2018 event is a continuation of the successful OSD events of Micro B3 project (https://www.microb3.eu/osd.html).

海洋采样日（Ocean Sampling Day）由欧盟资助的Micro B3（海洋微生物多样性、生物信息学、生物技术）项目发起，旨在获取全球海洋微生物多样性与功能的快照式数据。该项目是一项同步开展的全球大型测序行动，目标是在单日生成规模最大的标准化微生物数据集。唯有通过海洋采样日联盟（Ocean Sampling Day Consortium）的协同工作，以及各采样站点间的协作伙伴关系与网络支持，这一目标方可达成。OSD2018活动是Micro B3项目此前成功举办的海洋采样日系列活动的延续（https://www.microb3.eu/osd.html）。