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 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
Currently one of the widely used methods for processing metagenomic data is through metagenome-assembled genomes or MAGs.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
"One thing that we're looking into is replacing existing algorithms with ours and seeing how that can improve the performance of these very widely used metagenomic assemblers."
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
The so-called California Institute for Pandemic Prevention would distribute grants to researchers studying the transmission of pathogens, including through metagenomic sequencing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
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