Acknowledgements BASE and Marine Microbes

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For BASE samples

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments (BASE) consortium in the generation of data used in this publication. The BASE project was supported by funding from Bioplatforms Australia through the Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

For Marine Microbes samples

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Marine Microbes consortium in the generation of data used in this publication. The Marine Microbes project was supported by funding from Bioplatforms Australia through the Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) in partnership with the Australian research community.

Citation for the soil samples from BASE: 
Bissett, A., A. Fitzgerald, T. Meintjes, P.M. Mele, F. Reith, P.G. Dennis, M.F. Breed, B. Brown, M.V. Brown, J. Brugger, M. Byrne, S. Caddy-Retalic, B. Carmody, D.J. Coates, C. Correa, B.C. Ferrari, V. Gupta, K. Hamonts, A. Haslem, P. Hugenholtz, M. Karan, J. Koval, A.J. Lowe, S. Macdonald, L. McGrath, D. Martin, M. Morgan, K.I. North, C. Paungfoo-Lonhienne, E. Pendall, L. Phillips, R. Pirzl, J.R. Powell, M.A. Ragan, S. Schmidt, N. Seymour, I. Snape, J.R. Stephen, M. Stevens, M. Tinning, K. Williams, Y.K. Yeoh, C.M. Zammit, and A. Young (2016) Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database. Gigascience, 5. DOI 10.1186/s13742-016-0126-5