Figure 1: Enzymatic cascade of the pyrosequencing reaction in the example of a bisulfite-treated template sequence, including a CpG position that is methylated on approximately 50% of all molecules.

Multiple fields of microbiology rely on techniques of microbial identification, such as in food microbiology for detecting contaminants, and in microbial ecology to characterize biodiversity. Image ...

Pyrosequencing can be used to detect DNA and RNA from almost any source, and has applications in bacteria resistance screening, drug development, epigenetics, and many other fields. If no light is ...

A dog's indiscriminate taste is not always a positive trait. In fact, it often leads to gastrointestinal infections and consequent ailments such as diarrhea and vomiting that come from eating spoiled ...

Your gut is the tropical rainforest of your body, at least in terms of bacterial diversity. A new study, detailed online Nov. 18 in the journal Public Library of Science-Biology, found that the ...

Figure 1: 16S rRNA gene surveys reveal familial similarity and reduced diversity of the gut microbiota in obese individuals. Multiplex pyrosequencing of V2 and V6 amplicons allowed higher levels of ...