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Metagenomics analysis using the Genome Sequencer™ FLX system

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The Genome Sequencer™ FLX System from 454 Life Sciences™ and Roche Applied Science is a versatile sequencing platform suitable for a wide range of applications, including de novo sequencing and assembly of genomic DNA, transcriptome sequencing, small RNA analysis, and amplicon sequencing. The Genome Sequencer FLX is built upon 454 Sequencing™ technology that allows 200–300 base-pair read lengths and very high single-read accuracy. One application in which the technology is accelerating the field's understanding is metagenomics.

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Figure 1: The Genome Sequencer FLX instrument.
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  1. Roche Diagnostics, Roche Applied Science, 9115 Hague Road, Indianapolis, 46250, Indiana, USA

    Timothy Harkins

  2. 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford, 06405, Connecticut, USA

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Harkins, T., Jarvie, T. Metagenomics analysis using the Genome Sequencer™ FLX system. Nat Methods 4, iii–v (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1054

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