Your Partners in Microbiome Analysis.

Our understanding of the important role of the microbiome in human health, agriculture and the health has significantly grown. Genomics provides a means to determine the composition and functional annotation of complex microbial populations, providing insights into the interactions between microorganisms and their environments.  

AGRF has a comprehensive range of tools for microbiome analysis including:

16S and ITS deep sequencing

• Amplicon sequencing (Next Generation Sequencing, NGS) is the most cost-effective way to understand the composition of a microbial community. Our analysis provides OTU clustering as well as taxonomic and diversity profiling.

• Upgrade to sequencing the full-length 16S gene, the whole rRNA operon or the whole ribosomal operon using long read sequencing.

Metagenomic DNA Sequencing

• Sequence the whole metagenome of a community using shotgun sequencing (NGS). Whole metagenome sequencing provides not only taxonomic information but also allows interrogation of the genes present, providing insight into the important pathways of microbial communities. 

Metatranscriptome RNA Sequencing 

• Studying the RNA of a microbial community captures the expression of all genes. Metatranscriptomics provides more insight into the function of microbes within a community and how they interact with each other and their environment. 

PacBio Long Read Sequencing

• Our AGRF PacBio Revio Service and its SMRT Sequencing provides the long reads, single-molecule resolution, and uniform coverage needed for the comprehensive characterization of heterogeneous samples and the identification of complex variation.