The microbial inhabitants of the human body, collectively known as the “human microbiome”, play an integral role in maintaining the health of the body. These microbes often reside in harmony, while ...

Despite there being more microbes on Earth than stars in our galaxy, only a tiny fraction have been discovered. An approach called metagenomics—a type of DNA sequencing—may help scientists learn more ...

As nucleic acid sequencing has become dazzlingly fast, accurate, and affordable, sequencing a whole genome has gone from a trumpeted accomplishment to another day at the office. Now, metagenomic ...

Antibiotic resistance is often framed as a hospital problem, but a growing body of evidence shows that the environment plays an equally critical role in the global spread of drug resistant bacteria.

While traditional next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods are widely used, Oxford Nanopore sequencing offers significant advantages for rapid and comprehensive pathogen surveillance. In this webinar, ...

Studying the components of these communities can offer insight into human biology and environmental complexity, however many microbes can be difficult to culture. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing uses ...

A groundbreaking seven-year study reveals how metagenomic sequencing offers a more accurate, comprehensive approach to diagnosing difficult CNS infections—spotting pathogens that traditional tests ...

The results of a metagenomic study from the University of Trento suggest that the CRISPR toolbox will need to make room for another CRISPR enzyme. The disruption should be minimal because the newly ...

Metagenomic analysis has greatly advanced our understanding of the complex human microbiome without the need for extensive bacterial isolation and culturing. However, metagenome-assembled genomes may ...