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Why is it important to study microbiomes?

Microbiomes play an important role in the function of many ecosystems in the environment and human health.


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How do we study Microbiomes?

Microbiomes can be studied through culture-dependent and -independent methods (i.e., metagenomics). When studying via culture-dependent methods, samples are collected and cultures of the colony of interest are. After growth, the samples are processed for sequencing. When studying via culture-independent methods, samples are collected and the genomic DNA is then isolated for sequencing.


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The Research Experience in Microbiomes Network (REMNet) is a grassroots community of microbiology practitioners who are interested in developing standards for research in microbiomes that can be incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum.