Chapter 24.3, Problem 12AYP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The basic process used to perform metagenomic analysis of the environment.

Concept introduction:

Metagenomics refers to the direct analysis of genomes contained with an environmental sample. Metagenomics provides the powerful tool for the environmentally friendly design of nanoparticles. It also provides access to the functional gene composition of microbial communities and thus provides a much description to a phylogenetic analysis.