Kopf, AnnaBicak, MesudeKottmann, RenzoSchnetzer, JuliaKostadinov, IvayloLehmann, KatjaFernandez-Guerra, AntonioJeanthon, ChristianRahav, EyalUllrich, MatthiasWichels, AntjeGerdts, GunnarPolymenakou, ParaskeviKotoulas, GiorgosSiam, RaniaAbdallah, Rehab ZSonnenschein, Eva CCariou, ThierryO’Gara, FergalJackson, StephenOrlic, SandiSteinke, MichaelBusch, JuliaDuarte, BernardoCaçador, IsabelCanning-Clode, JoãoBobrova, OleksandraMarteinsson, ViggoReynisson, EyjolfurLoureiro, Clara MagalhãesLuna, Gian MarcoQuero, Grazia MarinaLöscher, Carolin RKremp, AnkeDeLorenzo, Marie EØvreås, LiseTolman, JenniferLaRoche, JuliePenna, AntonellaFrischer, MarcDavis, TimothyKatherine, BarkerMeyer, Christopher PRamos, SandraMagalhães, CatarinaJude-Lemeilleur, FlorenceAguirre-Macedo, Ma LeopoldinaWang, ShiaoPoulton, NicoleJones, ScottCollin, RachelFuhrman, Jed AConan, PascalAlonso, CeciliaStambler, NogaGoodwin, KellyYakimov, Michael MBaltar, FedericoBodrossy, LeventeVan De Kamp, JodieFrampton, Dion MFOstrowski, MartinVan Ruth, PaulMalthouse, PaulClaus, SimonDeneudt, KlaasMortelmans, JonasPitois, SophieWallom, DavidSalter, IanCosta, RodrigoSchroeder, Declan CKandil, Mahrous MAmaral, ValentinaBiancalana, FlorenciaSantana, RafaelPedrotti, Maria LuizaYoshida, TakashiOgata, HiroyukiIngleton, TimMunnik, KateRodriguez-Ezpeleta, NaiaraBerteaux-Lecellier, VeroniqueWecker, PatriciaCancio, IbonVaulot, DanielBienhold, ChristinaGhazal, HassanChaouni, BouchraEssayeh, SoumyaEttamimi, SaraZaid, El HoucineBoukhatem, NoureddineBouali, AbderrahimChahboune, RajaaBarrijal, SaidTiminouni, MohammedEl Otmani, FatimaBennani, MohamedMea, MariannaTodorova, NadezhdaKaramfilov, Ventzislavten Hoopen, PetraCochrane, GuyL’Haridon, StephaneBizsel, Kemal CanVezzi, AlessandroLauro, Federico MMartin, PatrickJensen, Rachelle MHinks, JamieGebbels, SusanRosselli, RiccardoDe Pascale, FabioSchiavon, Riccardodos Santos, AntoninaVillar, EmiliePesant, StéphaneCataletto, BrunoMalfatti, FrancescaEdirisinghe, RanjithSilveira, Jorge A HerreraBarbier, MicheleTurk, ValentinaTinta, TinkaraFuller, Wayne JSalihoglu, IlkaySerakinci, NedimeErgoren, Mahmut CerkezBresnan, EileenIriberri, JuanNyhus, Paul Anders FronthBente, EdvardsenKarlsen, Hans ErikGolyshin, Peter NGasol, Josep MMoncheva, SnejanaDzhembekova, NinaJohnson, ZackarySinigalliano, Christopher DavidGidley, Maribeth LouiseZingone, AdrianaDanovaro, RobertoTsiamis, GeorgeClark, Melody SCosta, Ana CristinaEl Bour, MoniaMartins, Ana MCollins, R EricDucluzeau, Anne-LiseMartinez, JonathanCostello, Mark JAmaral-Zettler, Linda AGilbert, Jack ADavies, NeilField, DawnGlöckner, Frank Oliver2020-01-192020-01-1920152047-217Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/41263Ocean 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. This commentary outlines the establishment, function and aims of the Consortium and describes our vision for a sustainable study of marine microbial communities and their embedded functional traits.engOcean sampling dayOSDBiodiversityGenomicsHealth IndexBacteriaMicroorganismMetagenomicsMarineMicro B3Standardsjournal article10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5