Why is it important to study microbiomes?
Microbiomes play an important role in the function of many ecosystems in the environment and human health.
How do we study Microbiomes?
Microbiomes can be studied through culture-dependent and -independent methods (i.e., metagenomics). When studying via culture-dependent methods, samples are collected and cultures of the colony of interest are. After growth, the samples are processed for sequencing. When studying via culture-independent methods, samples are collected and the genomic DNA is then isolated for sequencing.
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