Metagenomics 1 article

Community DNA sequencing defines metagenomics as a microbial community genomics field. The concept combines this feature with microbiome analysis and uncultured microbial communities, then extends through taxonomic profiling, functional gene profiling and shotgun metagenomics to support or explain environmental DNA samples. As an entity, metagenomics is defined by its experimental principle and readout, so related instruments or downstream analyses should not be treated as synonyms for the method.