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DOE JGI sets 'gold standard' for metagenomic data analysis

05-14-2007 · EurekAlert!

The field of metagenomics is still in its infancy -- the equivalent of the early days of the California Gold Rush, with labs vying to stake their claim. Amidst the prospecting, the call has been issued for methods to separate fool's gold from the real nuggets. Such a gold standard has now been set and published by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute with colleagues in the May edition of Nature Methods.

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