Data

IHMI presents the first large scale effort to generate a reference Indian microbiome dataset.

  • 10,125 amplicon libraries sequenced for three domains with a total of 1619.28 billion base pairs from 4080 individuals.

  • 6.45 tera base pairs of good quality shotgun metagenomic sequencing data from 658 individuals. A total of 53,496 MAGs were identified including the identification of 92 novel MAGs further enriching the microbiome reference resource.

  • This project also catalogued an extensive collection of more than 350 anaerobically isolated gut bacteria some of which exhibit potentially novel taxonomy and probiotic properties.

  • Data are securely stored on a dedicated server at the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC), located at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) in Faridabad, India.

  • Stool samples have been biobanked at AIIMS and SRMIMS to ensure long term access for future research.

  • Metagenomic DNA of all samples have been biobanked at NCCS.

  • A total of 61 individuals have been characterized for genomic, dietary and microbiome data representing the overlap between GenomeIndia and IHMI project.

Data Access:

Data Access Please reach out to us through IBDC request/access form.