Bioinformatics tool for metagenome analysis
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
A new method for DNA analysis of microbial communities, such as those found in the ocean, the soil, and our own guts, has been developed by scientists. "We have developed a new tool in this rapidly expanding and evolving field of what is called 'metagenomics'" said a researcher. "It uses nucleic acid data and looks for sections that map uniquely to a preconstructed database."