Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program Vol. Online Online Bioinformatics Newsletters Recent Publications, Resources Funding Federal Technol. It includes program origins, targeted microbes and their potential uses, graphics, and abstracts of MGP research. The MGP, which DOE initiated in 1994 as a spinoff of its Human Genome Program, has been extremely successful. As of November, MGP researchers had completed the sequencing of 14 microbes, with around 35 more in progress.
Future plans call for more detailed microbial analysis.
At least 5 other governmental agencies have begun their own microbial programs, and about 170 microbial genomes are being sequenced and studied at present. The MicrobeWorld Web site , tailored to middle and high school students as well as professional and lay audiences, includes downloadable hands-on educational activities correlated with the television series, information and stories about microbes, and teacher resources. Microbial Genomics Interagency Report on the Federal Investment in Microbial Genomics discusses each relevant federal agencys activities, plans, and areas of interest in microbial genomics and summarizes opportunities for and limitations to microbial research. The 2000 booklet was prepared for the Executive Office of the President of the United States.