So What's The Process? 

 

Step 1: Isolation Of DNA:

-The metagenomic process starts off by extracting DNA samples from different types of environments from the microbial community.

 

Step 2: Manipulation of DNA:

-The DNA fragment is then merged with a bacteria vector to become a cloned metagenomic DNA fragment.

 

Step 3: Contruct Library

-The joining of the two DNA fragments are then cultured in E.Coli colonies.  Then they are sequenced and compared with identified sequences.  Once the sequences are identified, the functions of the fragments can be determined.

 

Why are we doing this?

-As written in step 1 of the metagenomic process, researchers extract DNA from microbial communities in order to find a significance in the sample extracted from the microbial community.  By that meaning, researchers study the genes for the possibility of various benefiting functions.  For example, the extracted DNA can be used for vitamin and/or antibiotic function.  And this is why researching on DNA samples from the environment can be very helpful to our community.

 

 
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