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metagenomics

American  
[met-uh-ji-nahm-iks, -nohm-iks] / ˌmɛt ə dʒɪˈnɑm ɪks, -ˈnoʊm ɪks /

noun

  1. the study of all the genetic material present in a given environment.


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A single metagenomics test costs around £1,300, which is far more than standard diagnostics.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

JGI led the metabolomics profiling of the leaf, root and soil environment, or rhizosphere, the plant root transcriptomics sequencing, and the soil rhizosphere and endosphere metagenomics work.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

The recently launched project aims to identify the offending gut bacteria through metagenomics, another breakthrough technology that maps the functions of complex microbial communities, then restructure their DNA to produce less methane.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023

They didn’t simply test the samples for known viruses, but used metagenomics to sequence any genetic material in the sample.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023

Genomics is now being used in a wide variety of fields, such as metagenomics, pharmacogenomics, and mitochondrial genomics.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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