Metagenomics | Shotgun metagenomics | Marker gene metagenomics | Microbes | Workflows

#Metagenomics | #Shotgun metagenomics | Marker #gene metagenomics | #Microbes | Workflows

[Wikipedia defines metagenomics as]

"Metagenomics is the study of genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples. The broad field may also be referred to as environmental genomics, ecogenomics or community genomics..
While traditional microbiology and microbial genome sequencing and genomics rely upon cultivated clonal cultures, early environmental gene sequencing cloned specific genes (often the 16S rRNA gene) to produce a profile of diversity in a natural sample. Such work revealed that the vast majority of microbial biodiversity had been missed by cultivation-based methods. Because of its ability to reveal the previously hidden diversity of microscopic life, metagenomics offers a powerful lens for viewing the microbial world that has the potential to revolutionize understanding of the entire living world"

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