During the last decades whole genome and metagenome analysis have provided a wealth of knowledge. However, these studies depend heavily on high-molecular weight, sufficient concentration, adequate quality and unbiased DNA extration methods. As different DNA extraction methods differ in their …
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Microbial communities are the dominant life form on our planet. Even your body hosts as many bacterial cells as it does your own cells. Genomics and bioinformatics tools can unlock this hidden world and allows to explore the microbial diversity, composition …
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BaseClear and RIKILT (Wageningen UR) have recently collaborated to develop innovative methods for GMO traceability. The work was coordinated by Jeroen van Dijk and Marleen Voorhuijzen (RIKILT) within the context of the FP7 European Decathlon project. The preliminary results were …
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Microbial genomics is an essential instrument for understanding microorganisms. Whole genome sequencing delivers a comprehensive view of the entire genome and is often a good starting point when working with a new strain or new type of microorganism. BaseClear offers …
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Flatulence, constipation and diarrhoea are some of the many intestinal problems that we have to deal with. These can be annoying and the cause is often unclear. BaseClear spin-off MyMicroZoo now intends to change this by mapping the inhabitants of …
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Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) gives many laboratories access to high-throughput bacterial genomic research. The number of bacterial genomes sequenced is vertiginously increasing. Yet the fraction of completely closed, single contig assemblies is extremely small compared to the number of generated draft …
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