Microbiome profiling

The rise of microbiome research has been well documented and the range of fields impacted by this growing field of study spans from agricultural sciences and mental health. As the critical role of the microbiome in such a variety of systems becomes clear, there is a growing requirement for techniques that can profile the microbiome from different sample sites and for different applications.

This In Focus will explore these microbiome profiling techniques, their pros and cons and the different applications that each technique is best suited to.