Building on basic metagenomics with complementary technologies.
Metagenomics, the application of random shotgun sequencing to environmental samples, is a powerful approach for characterizing microbial communities. However, this method only represents the cornerstone of what can be achieved using a range of complementary technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics, cell sorting and microfluidics. Together, these approaches hold great promise for the study of microbial ecology and evolution.
Warnecke
Falk
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Microbial Ecology Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA.
Hugenholtz
Philip
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D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005827:Genetics, Microbial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*