The earth microbiome project: Meeting report of the "1 ^st EMP meeting on sample selection and acquisition" at Argonne National Laboratory October 6 ^th 2010

This report details the outcome the first meeting of the Earth Microbiome Project to discuss sample selection and acquisition. The meeting, held at the Argonne National Laboratory on Wednesday October 6 ^th 2010, focused on discussion of how to prioritize environmental samples for sequencing and metagenomic analysis as part of the global effort of the EMP to systematically determine the functional and phylogenetic diversity of microbial communities across the world.