Fig. 1: Simplified workflow of current DNA-based methods for analysis of (micro)organisms within environmental samples, using honey as an example. | npj Biodiversity

Fig. 1: Simplified workflow of current DNA-based methods for analysis of (micro)organisms within environmental samples, using honey as an example.

From: The buzz about honey-based biosurveys

Fig. 1: Simplified workflow of current DNA-based methods for analysis of (micro)organisms within environmental samples, using honey as an example.

Metabarcoding compares target gene regions to differentiate different taxa. Metagenomics looks at all genetic information as a collective, allowing for additional information to be gleaned from the sequence data.

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