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1: Genome Biol. 2007;8(12):231.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Building on basic metagenomics with complementary technologies.

Warnecke F, Hugenholtz P.

Microbial Ecology Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA.

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.

PMID: 18177506 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2246253