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Metagenomics Center, University of Missouri
The MUMC offers a full range of services related to the characterization of complex polymicrobial communities from virtually any source (e.g., feces, soil, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, buccal swabs, etc.). These services include DNA extraction, library preparation and sequencing, filtering and annotation of sequence data, and tertiary analyses and generation of publication-quality visual aids.
Through its affiliations with the NIH-funded MU Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Center (MMRRC), Rat Resource and Research Center (RRRC), MUMC has unique capabilities in assisted reproduction techniques in research animals and can exploit embryo transfer schemes and existing colonies of mice harbouring different defined complex gut microbiota to generate isogenic animals with differing, distinct microbiota profiles.