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    • Whole Genome Shotgun Submissions

    Metadata Updated: June 19, 2025

    Whole Genome Shotgun (WGS) projects are genome assemblies of incomplete genomes or incomplete chromosomes of prokaryotes or eukaryotes that are generally being sequenced by a whole genome shotgun strategy. WGS projects may be annotated, but annotation is not required. NCBI has a Prokaryotic Genomes Annotation Pipeline that may be requested at the time the genome files are submitted to GenBank. This pipeline generates a submission-ready annotated file that is posted back to the submitter for review and which the submitter could edit prior to data release.

    The public WGS projects are at the list of WGS projects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/wgs/

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 19, 2025
    Publisher National Library of Medicine
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov/api/views/8hqv-4ds7
    Data First Published 2021-08-26
    Data Last Modified 2025-06-18
    Category Biology
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:25
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 96156bf6-e390-48aa-8cf2-1828ca320692
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/wgs/
    License http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/
    Program Code 009:041
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5b7b73890f86276bc8ba6b0821101a63b385b165b4f162650900c0971bc0dded
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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