CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scientists conducting microbial research now have access to the industry’s first end-to-end next-generation sequencing genotyping solution that enables culture-free assessment of complex bacterial populations. Designed for microbiome and industrial bioproduction applications, the new Ion 16S Metagenomics Kit provides a streamlined method for identifying bacteria from mixed culture samples.
Recent years have seen a steady increase in studies of the human microbiome -- the community of an estimated 100 trillion bacterial organisms that live on and inside the body -- as researchers work to understand the role it plays in human health and disease. Early studies suggest that there is a direct correlation between changes in the microbiome population and various disease states. However, until now, the field has lacked a solution that offers a uniform sample preparation, sequencing and analysis workflow for genetic classification of microbial species. The new kit is designed for use with the Ion PGM System and Ion Reporter software for data analysis.
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