Purifying the impure: Sequencing metagenomes and metatranscriptomes from complex animal-associated samples

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Lim, Yan Wei ^a   Haynes, Matthew ^b   Furlan, Mike ^a   Robertson, Charles E ^c   Harris, J Kirk ^c   Rohwer, Forest ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Issue 94; Metagenomics; Metatranscriptomics; Microbiome; Molecular biology; Mucosal surface; Virome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911381189     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52117     Document Type: Article

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