Researchers develop tool to rapidly determine phylogenetic makeup of large microbial communities
Monday, June 11, 2012 - 10:02
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers has developed a new tool that can be used to profile the metagenome of large microbial communities such as those that live in the human gut. Using the new tool, researchers can discover in mere hours what used to take months for a supercomputer to calculate, perhaps leading to new discoveries about the mysteries leading to such ailments as Crohns Disease and diabetes.