The EMP Working Group has carried out DNA extractions, sequencing, data handling, analysis, and manuscript preparation. These individuals are co-authors on the primary manuscript (Thompson et al., Nature, 2017) describing a meta-analysis of the EMP dataset.
The EMP Consortium includes principal investigators and scientists who were involved with the individual studies that make up the EMP. These individuals conceived of sampling regimes, collected samples, provided sample metadata, and published manuscripts about individual studies (referenced here).
Names of individuals and institutions are listed in alphabetical order.

EMP Working Group

Aaron Clauset108,85, Amnon Amir105, Antonio González105, Anupriya Tripathi105, Ashley Shade64, Colin J. Brislawn78, Daniel McDonald105, Donna Berg-Lyons108, Evguenia Kopylova105, Gail Ackermann105, Greg C. Humphrey105, Jack A. Gilbert5,107, Jad Kanbar105, James T. Morton105, Janet K. Jansson78, Jarrad Hampton-Marcell5, Jed A. Fuhrman133, Jon G. Sanders105, Jose A. Navas-Molina105, Joshua Ladau92, Joshua Lefler105, Katherine S. Pollard92, Kelly D. Goodwin69, Kenneth J. Locey45, Lingjing Jiang105, Luke R. Thompson105,69, Mohamed F. Haroon38, Nicholas A. Bokulich73, Noah Fierer108, Qiyun Zhu105, Rick L. Stevens5,107, Rob Knight105, Robert J. Prill41, Sarah M. Owens5, Se Jin Song105, Sean M. Gibbons59, Siavash Mirarab105, Stefan Janssen105, Tomasz Kosciolek105, Valerie McKenzie108, Yoshiki Vazquez-Baeza105, Zhenjiang Zech Xu105

EMP Consortium

Aaron R. Jex121, Alexandra H. Campbell126, Alexandra M. Linz145, Alison Berry103, Allison E. Williams112, Alyssa Cochran21, Amy Apprill158, Andaine Seguin-Orlando109, Anders Karlsson68, Andrew Whitehead103, Andy Rees80, Anna Forsman23,106, Anni Moore66, Anson V. Koehler121, Antje Gittel1,100, Antonio M. Martín-Platero114, Asha Rani117, Ashish Bhatnagar56, Aurora MacRae-Crerar130, Baddr Shakhsheer107, Bazartseren Boldgiv71, Beck Wehrle104, Benjamin C. Crary145, Benjamin D. Shogan107, Benjamin L. Turner87, Bharath Prithiviraj14, Bonnie Laverock134, Brenda Casper130, Brent Stephens43, Byron Crump77, Caitlin Potter8, Carol Robinson111, Catherine M. Spirito23, Catherine Pfister107, Cesar Cardona107, Chris Freeman8, Christopher Quince142, Colleen T. E. Kellogg101, Congcong Shen48, Craig Cary141, D. Lee Taylor125, Daniel A. Cristol20,58, Daniel P. Smith10, Daniel van der Lelie37, Daniela Vargas-Robles131, Danielle Claar139, Danilo Ercolini124, Dave Shutler2, David A. Lipson83, David A. Mills103, David Armitage102,128, David Garshelis65, David Myrold77, Diogo Jurelevicius96, Dionysios A. Antonopoulos5, Donal M. Boyer157, Donald A. Walker98, Donglai Gong152, Douglas C. Woodhams120, Duoying Cui11, Elizabeth Pilon-Smits21, Elliot S. Friedman23,130, Embriette Hyde105, Emily M. Landon107, Eric A. Dubinsky53,102, Eric Bottos78, Eric R. Johnston35, Eske Willerslev109, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli126, F. Joseph Pollock79, Fabian Michelangeli51, Folker Meyer5,107, Forest Rohwer83, Francis Q. Brearley57, Frédéric Delsuc150, Gabriela M. Sheets30, Gary M. King55, Gavin Collins70, George W. Kling122, Giancarlo Galindo53, Glida Hidalgo4, Graeme Nicol149, Gregory D. Mayer91, Gunnar Gerdts3, Haiyan Chu48, Hakdong Shin86, Hans-Peter Grossart54, Hebe M. Dionisi17, Helen Findlay80, Hongxia Zhao160, Ina Timling98, Iratxe Zarraonaindia147, Iris Levin108, Irma D. Flemming151, Isaac Gifford103, J. Gregory Caporaso73, Jacob Parnell75, James E. McDonald8, Jamie McDevitt-Irwin139, Jason Andras67, Jeff Hooker18, Jeffrey J. Werner23,88, Jeffrey Siegel135, Jenni Hultman116, Jennifer Defazio107, Jennifer F. Biddle110, Jeremiah Minich105, Jesse Zaneveld143, Jessica L. Metcalf21, Jiri Barta132, John Alverdy107, JoLynn Carroll97, Jonathan B. Clayton123,36, Jonathan E. Hickman22, Jordan Kueneman108, Jose Agosto Rivera131, Jose C. Clemente42, Joseph R. Mendelson III35,161, Josephine Braun84, Josh D. Neufeld144, Jozef I. Nissimov82, Juan Diego Ibañez-Álamo115, Juan J. Soler27, Juan M. Peralta-Sánchez114, Julia Baum139, Julie D. Jastrow5, Julie LaRoche25, Karen Noyce65, Karen Tait80, Karl J. Rockne117, Kate Ballantine67, Katherine McMahon145, Katherine R. Amato74, Kefeng Niu32,136, Kelly Lane-deGraaf112, Kim M. Handley99, Kim Miller76, Kirsten S. Hofmockel78, Krista McGuire9,129, Kristin West24, Kristina Guyton107, L. Margarita Martínez19, L. Scott Johnson94, Largus T. Angenent23,137, Lauren M. Seyler64, Lee J. Kerkhof82, Liliana Davalos89, Linda A. Whittingham146, Lisa Al-Moosawi80, Liza Garcia131, Lucas Moitinho-Silva126, Lucie Bittner148, Lucy Seldin96, Ludovic Orlando109, Lukas van Zwieten126, Luke K. Ursell13, Magda Magris4, Manuel Lladser108, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi114, Manuel Martínez-Bueno114, Maria Alexandra Garcia-Amado51, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello72, Mariana Lozada17, Mark D. Schrenzel40, Martin Sperling34, Matthew J. Nolan121, Matthew Schrenk64, Maureen L. Coleman107, Melita A. Stevens62, Miguel Lentino19, Miles Richardson107, Molly K. Gibson155, Monica Bhatnagar56, Mónica Contreras51, Monica Medina79, Monika Krezalek107, Naseer Sangwan107, Nathalie Fenner8, Neslihan Tas53, Nicole M. Scott13, Nicole Webster7, Noriko Okamoto101, Nur A. Hasan119, Olayinka Osuolale28, Olivia Mason33, Pamela Weisenhorn107, Paola Piombino124, Paola Vitaglione124, Paul Munroe126, Peter D. Steinberg126, Peter Golyshin8, Peter Larsen5, Peter O. Dunn146, Peter Petraitis130, Pierre Liancourt47, Qikun Zhang160, Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss63, Ravi Ranjan117, Rebecca Safran108, Rebecca Vega Thurber77, Regina Lamendella52, Rita L. Seger118, Rita R. Colwell119, Robert E. Espinoza16, Robert G. Clark31, Robin B. Gasser121,39, Robin Dowell108, Roger Karlsson68, Ross Stephen Hall121, Russell D. Dawson127, Ryan McMinds77, Ryan T. Gill108, Safiyh Taghavi37, Sara Sjöling90, Sarah E. Daly81, Sarah J. Haig122, Sarah L. O’Brien5, Selena Marie Rodriguez131, Seth Kauppinen102, Shane R. Haydon62, Shaun Nielsen126, Shi Wang53, Simon Creer8, Simon Lax107, Sophie Weiss108, Stefan Hulth113, Stefano Mocali15, Stephanie D. Jurburg154, Stephen A. Wood159, Stephen B. Pointing6, Stephen Joseph126, Steve Simmons44, Steven J. Hallam101, Subramanya Rao6,93, Susan Whitehead153, Suzanne J. Kennedy12, Tao Wang121, Tim Urich140, Tom Weaver108, Torsten Thomas126, Trevor Charles144, Tugrul Girai131, Ulf Riebesell34, Vanessa Ezenwa112, Vanessa Hale61, Vera Tai156, Vincenzo Fogliano124, Virginia Sanz51, Walter P. MacCormack95,50, Wayne Roundstone26, Wenju Liang46, William A. Walters60, William Brazelton138, William van Treuren108, Wyatt Oswald29, Yadira Ortiz Castellano131, Yeqin Yang32, Yingying Ni48, Yongqin Liu49, Yu Shi48

Institutions

  1. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
  2. Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
  3. Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
  4. Amazonic Center for Research and Control of Tropical Diseases (CAICET), Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas, Venezuela
  5. Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
  6. Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
  7. Australian Institute for Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
  8. Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
  9. Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
  10. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  11. Beijing Zoo, Beijing, China
  12. Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., Bellaire, TX, USA
  13. Biota Technology Inc., San Diego, CA
  14. Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
  15. CREA, Florence, Italy
  16. California State University, Northridge, CA, USA
  17. Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR-CONICET), CCT CENPAT, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
  18. Chief Dull Knife College, Lame Deer, MT, USA
  19. Colección Ornitologica W. H. Phelps, Caracas, Venezuela
  20. College of William
  21. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  22. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
  23. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
  24. DOCS Global, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
  25. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
  26. Department of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, USA
  27. EEZA-CSIC, Spain
  28. Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria
  29. Emerson College, Boston, MA, USA
  30. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
  31. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada
  32. Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve Administration, Tongren, China
  33. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
  34. GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
  35. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
  36. GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Center, Da Nang, Viet Nam
  37. Gusto Global LLC, Charlotte, NC, USA
  38. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
  39. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
  40. Hybla Valley Veterinary Hospital, Alexandria, VA, USA
  41. IBM Research, San Jose, CA, USA
  42. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
  43. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
  44. Independent Ornithologist, Merced, CA, USA
  45. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
  46. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
  47. Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dukelská, Trebon, Czech Republic
  48. Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
  49. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  50. Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  51. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC), Venezuela
  52. Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, USA
  53. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
  54. Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Stechlin, Germany
  55. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  56. Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, India
  57. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
  58. Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
  59. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
  60. Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
  61. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  62. Melbourne Water Corporation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  63. Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
  64. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
  65. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN, USA
  66. Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, USA
  67. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA
  68. Nanoxis Consulting AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
  69. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, CA, USA
  70. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  71. National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  72. New York University, New York, NY, USA
  73. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
  74. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
  75. Novozymes North America Inc., Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA
  76. Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
  77. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
  78. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
  79. Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
  80. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, England, UK
  81. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
  82. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  83. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  84. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, CA, USA
  85. Santa Fe Institute, NM, USA
  86. Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
  87. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
  88. State University of New York, Cortland, NY, USA
  89. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
  90. Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden
  91. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
  92. The Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
  93. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
  94. Towson University, Towson, MD, USA
  95. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  96. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  97. Universitetet i Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
  98. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
  99. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  100. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  101. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  102. University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  103. University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
  104. University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
  105. University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  106. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  107. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
  108. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  109. University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  110. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  111. University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
  112. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  113. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
  114. University of Granada, Granada, Spain
  115. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
  116. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  117. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
  118. University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
  119. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  120. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA
  121. University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  122. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  123. University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
  124. University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
  125. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  126. University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  127. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada
  128. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA
  129. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
  130. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  131. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
  132. University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  133. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  134. University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  135. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  136. University of Turin, Italy
  137. University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  138. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  139. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
  140. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  141. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
  142. University of Warwick, Coventry, England, UK
  143. University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA
  144. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  145. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
  146. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  147. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
  148. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
  149. Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
  150. Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
  151. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
  152. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
  153. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  154. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands
  155. Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
  156. Western University, London, ON, Canada
  157. Wildlife Conservation Society and Bronx Zoo, New York, NY, USA
  158. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
  159. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  160. Zhejiang Institute of Microbiology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  161. Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA