The partners will offer an end-to-end microbiome sequencing and analysis service through Transnetyx's global network of model organism research customers.
The two California firms are linking their bioinformatics platforms in hopes of accelerating biomarker and drug discovery processes for pharma companies.
In Genome Research this week: approach to predict gene expression from single-cell DNA methylation profiles, oral microbiome of children with cavities, and more.
Based on their findings, the researchers hypothesized that the plaque microbiome acted as a "stepping stone" for environmental bacteria to adapt to a host.