PRJEB402 ERP004109 ena-PROJECT-Genoscope CEA-22-08-2012-13:31:05:720-13 This project relies on samples collected during the Tara Oceans and Tara Oceans Polar Circle scientific expeditions (2009-2012). The Tara schooner, equipped with innovative systems for sampling planktonic communities — from viruses to animals — collected standardized genetic (total DNA/RNA), morphological, and physico-chemical (contextual) samples from sites across the world’s oceans. These locations were carefully selected based on near-real-time remote sensing and in situ hydrographic criteria. The metagenomics component of the project includes size-fractionated plankton samples subjected to barcoding and shotgun sequencing, as well as isolated single-cell amplified protists and single metazoan organisms sequenced as reference genomes. PUBMED 26863193 PUBMED 25999513 PUBMED 25999516 ENA-SUBMISSION ERA153850 ENA-FASTQ-FILES ENA-SUBMITTED-FILES ENA-STATUS PUBLIC ENA-FIRST-PUBLIC 2012-08-22 ENA-LAST-UPDATE 2026-05-04