metagenome
noun
the combined genomes of all the organisms present in a given environmental sample.
metagenomes
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pluralof metagenome.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Identifying structural variants in isolated genomes is relatively straightforward, but it's harder to do so in metagenomes where there's no clear reference genome to help categorize the data," Treangen said.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
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
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
