Exploring the Microbial World

Over the last century, microbiologists have primarily used culturing and plating techniques to identify and study bacteria. However, many microbes cannot be studied using traditional microbiology techniques because they cannot be isolated and cultured. Today, high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) allows us to study these unculturable microbes in community states. High-throughput sequencing techniques are pushing the field of microbiome analysis to an exciting new age. With new sequencing techniques, microbiologists are embracing a golden time of fascinating discoveries.

Although NGS is now a standard tool in the field of microbiome analysis services, it is a long and complicated process with many permutations. Small missteps in any step can cause significant errors, while choosing the wrong method may produce suboptimal results. Worse, as with many novel technologies, many NGS methods introduce huge bias, leading to concerns about data quality at-scale.

Over the past few years, Zymo Research has devoted tremendous efforts to improving the accuracy of microbiome quantification. Our microbiome analysis services offer a high-fidelity pipeline with complete solutions for any application. Furthermore, we use the worlds first commercial mock community microbiome standard for quality control. Sample collection devices are also available for unbiased sample storage and transport. Our robust bioinformatics pipelines amplify the benefits from these tools, improving the resolution and accuracy of taxonomy prediction.

Whether you need 16S rRNA Sequencing, ITS Sequencing, Amplicon Sequencing, Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing, or another custom sequencing solution, our microbiome analysis service team can take you from any stage of your project to a comprehensive microbiome report featuring publication-ready data.