{"id":201,"date":"2017-12-16T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/the-analysis-of-microbial-communities-microbiotas\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:15:01","slug":"the-analysis-of-microbial-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/genoscreen-expertise\/the-analysis-of-microbial-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"The analysis of microbial communities (microbiotas)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>microbiota <\/strong>analysis provides information on the entire set of <strong>microorganisms <\/strong>(<strong>bacteria<\/strong>, <strong>yeasts<\/strong>, <strong>fungi<\/strong>, <strong>algae<\/strong>, etc.) present in a given sample.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This type of analysis is now crucial in the evolution of research in human and animal <a title=\"Analyse des microbiotes pour la sant&#xE9; humaine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/healthcare-nutrition\/\">health<\/a>, <a title=\"Analyse des microbiotes pour la nutrition et l'agroalimentaire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/agro-industries\/\">nutrition<\/a>, <a title=\"Analyse des microbiotes pour l'environnement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/biodiversity\/\">environment<\/a> and <a title=\"Analyse des microbiotes pour la biotechnologie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/industrial-fermentation\/\">biotech<\/a>. As a leading provider of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/genomic-services\/\">genome analysis services<\/a>, GenoScreen provides <strong>powerful, comprehensive solutions for microbiota analysis<\/strong> that will boost your research and give you huge beneficial options in <strong>genomics <\/strong>of the future!<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding whole ecosystems on the molecular scale<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When compared with conventional <strong>microbiological <\/strong>tests, <strong>molecular analyses of microbial communities<\/strong> are, above all, useful in the study of microorganisms within their ecological niches, i.e. in the absence of culture steps in artificial media that separate the microorganisms from their community and their natural environment.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These microbial ecology analyses provide information on biomass, composition, diversity, functions, interactions between microorganisms and interactions with their habitat.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-04478499 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-elementor-28-fc-130-color has-elementor-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/genomic-services\/request-a-quote-genomic-analysis\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">Request a quote<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A microbiota analysis provides information on the entire set of microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, fungi, algae, etc.) present in a given sample. 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