Utilization of defined microbial communities enables effective evaluation of meta-genomic assemblies

Abstract Background Metagenomics is the study of the microbial genomes isolated from communities found on our bodies or in our environment. By correctly determining the relation between human health and the human associated microbial communities, novel mechanisms of health and disease can be found,...

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Main Authors: William W. Greenwald, Niels Klitgord, Victor Seguritan, Shibu Yooseph, J. Craig Venter, Chad Garner, Karen E. Nelson, Weizhong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3679-5