Duan Yunfeng, Zhu Baoli
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2020 Dec 25;36(12):2511-2515. doi: 10.13345/j.cjb.200800.
Microbes are the most important commensal organisms in humans, animals and plants, and are the major habitants in soil, sediment, water, air and other habitats. The analysis of microbiome in these habitats has become a basic research technique. As a fast developing technology in recent years, microbiome sequencing and analysis have been widely used in human health, environmental pollution control, food industry, agriculture and animal husbandry and other fields. In order to sort out and summarize the current status, development and application prospects of microbiome sequencing and analysis technologies, this special issue has prepared a collection of 16 papers in this field, that comprise sample preservation and processing, single microbe genome sequencing and analysis, and microbiome feature analysis in special habitats, microbiome related databases and algorithms, and microbiome sequencing and analysis expert consensus. It also introduced in detail the development trend of the microbiome sequencing and analysis, in order to promote the rapid development of the microbiome sequencing and analysis industry and scientific research in China, and provide necessary reference for the healthy development of related industries.
微生物是人类、动物和植物中最重要的共生生物，也是土壤、沉积物、水、空气和其他栖息地的主要居住者。对这些栖息地中微生物组的分析已成为一项基础研究技术。作为近年来快速发展的技术，微生物组测序与分析已广泛应用于人类健康、环境污染控制、食品工业、农牧业等领域。为梳理和总结微生物组测序与分析技术的现状、发展及应用前景，本期特刊编撰了该领域的16篇论文集，内容包括样本保存与处理、单微生物基因组测序与分析、特殊栖息地微生物组特征分析、微生物组相关数据库与算法以及微生物组测序与分析专家共识。还详细介绍了微生物组测序与分析的发展趋势，以推动我国微生物组测序与分析产业及科研的快速发展，并为相关产业的健康发展提供必要参考。
