We can generate a gene catalog from metagenomic samples, offering a comprehensive collection of all the genes present in a microbial community. This catalog can then be functionally and taxonomically annotated, revealing the community's full functional potential, including genes related to metabolism, resistance, and ecological interactions.

Example applications:

  • Discover novel biosynthetic genes by mining the capacity of natural community adapted to grow on specific substrates (ongoing project)
  • Monitoring the appearance and spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in urban and natural water environments (ongoing project)

What we will do for you:

  • Quality control to filter out low-quality sequences, accompanied by detailed reports and statistics.
  • Assembly high-quality reads using an ensemble approach and error-correction polishing.
  • Gene calling and clustering to create reference catalogs of nucleotides and amino acids.
  • Functional and taxonomic classification of genes using standard and/or custom-designed databases.
  • Consultation for exploratory and down-stream analysis.