Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Jiang et al. present the Extreme Environment Microbiome Catalog (EEMC), comprising 78,213 bacterial and archaeal genomes, as a global resource for microbial diversity and antimicrobial discovery. Its scale and experimental peptide characterization are substantial contributions. However, a global framing requires evidence that regional data were systematically sought, rather than simply aggregated. A targeted accession audit identifies public datasets whose project identifiers are absent from the published EEMC project list, including datasets from Latin America, Africa and the Global North. These findings identify regional evidence requiring reconciliation with catalog holdings and eligibility criteria; they do not establish whether exclusion rates differ between regions.
DOI: 10.32942/x2sq5w
Author: Francisco Chávez
Institution: University of Chile
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7222342940