Repository series · ncbi-prjna1065643
AlRub' AlGhali: a study of the Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia
The aims of the study are to characterize the structure and function of the microbiome of the Empty Quarter by collecting environmental samples at multiple time points. Collected samples include soil, plant, water, and biofilm. Extensive metadata characterizing the environmental conditions is also collected. Amplicon and shotgun sequencing approaches will be used to determine the microbial composition of the samples on a molecular level, and Artificial Intelligence and bioinformatics methods will be used to reveal the functions and interactions in the collected samples and relate them to environmental conditions.
The accession and its GCC connection are verified. Registration alone does not establish that the broader research programme remains active.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Saudi Arabia connection indexed in BioProject metadata
- Project type
- Repository project
- Research domain
- Environmental and microbial genomics
- Years
- 2024–
- Lifecycle status
- repository_recorded
- Status basis
- Registered in NCBI BioProject on 2024/01/17; operational lifecycle is not asserted.
- Status evidence date
- 2024-01-17
- Scale
- 1 BioProject accession grouped by matching submitter, date, data type and narrative.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Not stated
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- Raw sequence reads
- Sequencing
- Genome
Data access
Public repository metadata with linked data where supplied by the submitter
Identifiers
- BioProject
PRJNA1065643
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Exact country-name match in authoritative NCBI BioProject metadata; repeated submissions are grouped into one Atlas series.
Editorial note
Repository verification confirms the accession and regional connection, not whether the broader research programme remains active.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
Release v0.2.0