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Testing times for metagenomics

An Article in the June issue of Nature Methods uses simulated data sets to evaluate programs used for metagenomics data analysis. The author of a News & Views argues that although the results indicate existing programs do work, new algorithms are needed as well as model metagenomics systems for use as test beds.

Posted by Daniel Evanko on May 30, 2007 02:00 PM |

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The links below are indeed very useful for the fact that metagenomics has evolved into a new subject. The phi-x DNA polymerase from B. subtilis is indeed remarkable for sequencing genomes of microorganisms which cannot be cultivated in the lab.

http://www.pyrosequencing.com/
http://www.454.com/

Posted by: Ajay Rana | December 9, 2007 03:25 AM

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