# Ocular Microbiome Consortium Data

Author: Daniela Puiu  
Last update: 2025/09/22  
Email: dpuiu1@jh.edu  

## Overview

This dataset is part of the Ocular Microbiome Consortium, a collaborative research effort to study microbes on the human eye. The goal is to characterize microbial communities across different ocular sites and understand their role in eye health and disease.  

Currently, data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has been deposited.   

Data link: [https://data.idies.jhu.edu/OcularMicrobiome/Consortium_data/](https://data.idies.jhu.edu/OcularMicrobiome/Consortium_data/)

## JHU Files

Available at: [https://data.idies.jhu.edu/OcularMicrobiome/Consortium_data/JHU](https://data.idies.jhu.edu/OcularMicrobiome/Consortium_data/JHU)
  
File name format:

```
  <sample_name>.unmapped.fasta.gz
```

* Human reads were removed using Minimus2 and KrakenUniq
* Remaining reads are metagenomic sequences
* Files are in FASTA format, compressed (.gz)

## Usage

* For research purposes only
* Please cite the Ocular Microbiome Consortium and NIH grant U24-EY035078 if used in publications

## Contact

* Ocular Microbiome Consortium: [https://www.ocular-microbiome.org/](https://www.ocular-microbiome.org/)