M6 L20 Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
why genomic seq?
A
-microbes difficult to culture
- study all microbes in a sample
- relatively cheap
- understand microbial communities
2
Q
infections
A
bacteria + archaea + fungi + viruses
3
Q
metatranscriptomics
A
total RNASeq of gene expression of microbes within natural environments
4
Q
possible source of all viruses
A
marine origin