Geomicrobiology and petroleum microbiology are important fields that study how microbes interact with geological, geochemical, and petroleum processes. Understanding the composition of microbial communities can advance our knowledge of biotransformation, biodegradation, and bioremediation in industries such as environmental engineering, mining, and oil and gas.

QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench and the Microbial Genomics Module provide tools and workflows for a broad range of bioinformatics applications, including microbiome analysis, isolate characterization, and functional metagenomics. This webinar will focus on amplicon-based taxonomic profiling (16S/18S/ITS sequencing OTU clustering) using data collected from oil reservoirs. Specifically, the trainer will be:

• Highlighting different tools within the MGM application and research areas supported

• For taxonomic profiling:

o Importing data

o Utilizing metadata

o Downloading and managing references

o Launching the OTU clustering workflow (analytical pipeline)

• Downstream processing of abundance tables

• Creating and exporting high-quality graphics