metagenomic
Americanadjective
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relating to or regarding the study of all the genetic material that is present in a given environment.
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relating to or regarding all the genetic material that is present in a given environment.
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"We will extract the DNA and then we want to do what is called metagenomic sequencing... and then we try to mine the data," said Husna, an assistant professor at Institut Teknologi Bandung.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The team analyzed fecal samples from 14 people with CAD and compared them to samples from 28 healthy participants using metagenomic sequencing, a powerful technique that identifies all the DNA within a sample.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
Since culturing skin microbiota in the lab is challenging, researchers have traditionally used metagenomic analysis to study them -- an approach that involves extracting the combined genome of all bacteria in a community.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
The Texas’ team approach was really exciting, said Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, the CEO and founder of PatientKnowHow.com, noting it exhibited “proof of principle” for employing this kind of metagenomic testing protocol for wastewater and air.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
Parsing through metagenomic data can be a daunting task, much like trying to assemble several massive jigsaw puzzles with all of the pieces jumbled together.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
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