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16S rRNA sequencing measures Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Activated sludge is a Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Activated sludge is part of Wastewater treatment. Activate to inspect this relation.Bacterial chromosome is a DNA. Activate to inspect this relation.Bacterial chromosome is part of Bacteria. Activate to inspect this relation.Bacterial strain depends on Plasmid. Activate to inspect this relation.Bacterial strain is part of Bacteria. Activate to inspect this relation.Biofilm enables Horizontal gene transfer. Activate to inspect this relation.Biofilm is a Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Competition (ecology) influences Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Contamination applies to Microbial culture. Activate to inspect this relation.Ecological disturbance influences Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Functional redundancy emerges from Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Metagenomics applies to Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Metagenomics is commonly confused with Microbial culture. Activate to inspect this relation.Metagenomics depends on DNA. Activate to inspect this relation.Microbial community is part of Ecosystem. Activate to inspect this relation.Microbial culture applies to Bacteria. Activate to inspect this relation.Microbial diversity enables Functional redundancy. Activate to inspect this relation.Microbial diversity is part of Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Plasmid enables Horizontal gene transfer. Activate to inspect this relation.Plasmid is a DNA. Activate to inspect this relation.Prophage is part of Bacterial chromosome. Activate to inspect this relation.Resistome emerges from Horizontal gene transfer. Activate to inspect this relation.Resistome is part of Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.Viable but nonculturable constrains Microbial culture. Activate to inspect this relation.Wastewater treatment depends on Microbial community. Activate to inspect this relation.MetagenomicsDNAMicrobial communityMicrobial cultureBacterial chromosomePlasmidEcosystemActivated sludgeBiofilmMicrobial diversityResistomeWastewater treatmentFunctional redundancy16S rRNA sequencingCompetition (ecology)Ecological disturbanceBacteriaContaminationViable but nonculturableProphageBacterial strainHorizontal gene transfer
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Metagenomics

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At a glance

Sequencing the pooled DNA of a whole community to study microbes without culturing them.

Disciplines
Microbiology · Bioinformatics
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology
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3 · 2 relation families
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  • Bacteria17
    Biology · connects to Antibiotic resistance, Archaea, Bacterial cell envelope…
  • Horizontal gene transfer7
    Genetics · connects to Bacterial conjugation, Bacterial transformation, Biofilm…
  • Pathogen7
    Biology, Physiology · connects to Indicator organism, Infection, Infectious disease…
  • Host4
    Biology, Ecology, Medicine · connects to Colonization, Disease triangle, Microbiome…
  • DNA3
    Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology · connects to Bacterial chromosome, Metagenomics, Plasmid

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  • This view connects 12 disciplines: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Virology.
  • Metagenomics is a bridge concept — viewed here through Bioinformatics, Microbiology.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Hierarchy explains 2 concepts in this view (Biology, Ecology, Microbiology).

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