_____________ is the analysis of the collective bacterialgenome in a particular environment. Metagenomic studiesmay clarify the roles of bacteria in human health and mayidentify bacterial genes that have unique properties

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_____________ is the analysis of the collective bacterial
genome in a particular environment. Metagenomic studies
may clarify the roles of bacteria in human health and may
identify bacterial genes that have unique properties

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Microbes play important role in human health. Metagenomic study can  examine the genomic composition of an entire organism, including each of microbes that exist within it. It is an  important concept as microbes and the host are observed as a community , rather than considered to be separate entity.

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Metagenomics is a molecular tool used to analyze the collective genomes of whole microbial communities in an environment sample, without the necessity of obtaining pure cultures.

Metagenomic analysis methods can infer both taxonomic and functional information from complex microbial communities, to increase understanding of role of microbes in human health and disease.

Metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics are subareas of metagenomics that allow further functional analysis of microbial communities.

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