This homepage will link you to other sites regarding background information to the genome project and the current state with respect to annotation. Links can be found at the left.

Azotobacter@JGI - JGI is the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, CA, where the sequence and assembly took place. Some raw data is available.

Technical questions concerning the project can be addressed to either of the Co-PI's of the project: Nirav Merchant (nirav@arl.arizona.edu), director of the Biotechnology Computing Facility at the University of Arizona or Christina Kennedy (ckennedy@u.arizona.edu), in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arizona. Paul Rudnick is no longer project coordinator but remains part of the annotation team while at NCI-Frederick.

      Azotobacter vinelandii was selected for whole genome sequencing by the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute as part of the Microbial Genomes Program and is currently in the annotation-by-hand phase. Automated annotation was carried out at Oak Ridge National Laboratories under the direction of Dr. Frank Larimer, using their Prokaryotic Genome Annotation pipeline. A gathering of collaborators took place during the week of July 8th at the University of Arizona in Tucson. This was named the Azotobacter Genome Annotation Workshop and was supported by DOE and Arizona Research Laboratory, Biotechnology division. A photoalbum of workshop activities will be ready for viewing on the site soon. If anyone else would like to be involved in annotation of Azotobacter, or would like to see how the process unfolds, please contact Nirav or Christina.