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metagenome

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[met-uh-jee-nohm] / ˌmɛt əˈdʒi noʊm /

noun

metagenomes plural
  1. the combined genomes of all the organisms present in a given environmental sample.


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Thus, the authors suggest to change terminology: „Traditionally, we are talking of a virome, a metagenome enriched with viruses, when extracting and sequencing the DNA from the 0.2 µm fraction”, says Lücking.

From Science Daily Nov. 16, 2023

In total, the researchers had metagenome data from around 2500 stool samples at their disposal, each of which contained between one and ten million sequences -- several billion sequences were thus evaluated.

From Science Daily Oct. 24, 2023

However, he says, the effort remains laborious for now, since there is no single repository of metagenome data.

From Science Magazine Jan. 19, 2017

By sequencing and analyzing metagenome DNA samples, scientists can sometimes piece together entire genomes of previously unknown species.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

The latter range did not differ substantially by body habitat and is in close agreement with previous comprehensive gene catalogues of the gut metagenome.

From Nature Jun. 13, 2012

Detailed analyses of the samples resulted in 318 metagenomes, revealing the diversity of microbes living in and around trees through genetic sequencing.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

The study took roughly two years to complete, with only about 20,000 metagenomes sequenced at the time.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2023

Yet, "almost 20 years of metagenomic data and metagenomic analysis, and still there has been no real analysis of protein families from metagenomes per se."

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2023

Temporal and technical variability of human gut metagenomes.

From Nature Nov. 14, 2017

This ‘long tail’ of low-abundance genes and pathways also probably encodes much of the uncharacterized biomolecular function and metabolism of these metagenomes, the expression levels of which remain to be explored in future metatranscriptomic studies.

From Nature Jun. 13, 2012

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