EMU 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

EMU 2

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A schematic illustrates the relative simplicity of more random shotgun sequencing (WGS) and Emu, a technique developed at Rice University to identify bacterial species by leveraging long DNA sequences of the common 16S gene, which is highly conserved in bacteria. The program could simplify sorting harmful from helpful bacteria in microbiomes.

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Kristen Curry/Rice University

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