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- adjective Of or pertaining to
metagenomics
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Only about 3,000 viruses are recognized, but so-called metagenomic studies - in which researchers sequence the genetic material contained in an environmental sample, like soil or sewage - have indicated this is only a small fraction of the viruses that share our planet, according to the researchers writing in an article published Oct. 4 in the journal mBio.
FOXNews.com Wynne Parry 2011
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Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have accelerated a process called metagenomic sequencing.
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The authors suggest that humans may be considered "metagenomic," since our friends'
Ars Technica Kate Shaw 2011
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The CU-Boulder team used a "metagenomic" survey to simultaneously analyze all of the bacteria on the fingers, palms and computer equipment, said Knight.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Cox-Foster et al., “A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder,” Science 318 2007, 283–287.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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Below 160 feet, the researcher said Archaea account for 90 percent of the life present, and represent the most unique environment thus far revealed by metagenomic analysis.
Barely Alive, Seafloor Microbes Might Resemble Exo-Organisms « Isegoria 2008
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Her project applies a combined molecular diversity, metagenomic, and geochemical approach to provide a window into the microbial world.
2007 L'Oreal USA Fellowships Peggy 2007
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Her project applies a combined molecular diversity, metagenomic, and geochemical approach to provide a window into the microbial world.
Archive 2007-05-01 Peggy 2007
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The Fragment Recruitment Viewer was developed by the Institute for the CAMERA project, which is a data and tool repository for microbial metagenomic research.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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The Fragment Recruitment Viewer however replaces the Google Map tiles with generated tiles to display the results of a filtered search of a completed microbial genome against metagenomic sequences.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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