Plant & Animal Microbiome Services

Plant and Animal Microbiome

Microbiome profiling and functional analysis for host-associated microbial communities in plant and animal research.

Overview

Plant and animal microbiome research explores the microbial communities associated with hosts, including the rhizosphere, roots, leaves, gut, skin, mucosal surfaces and other host-linked environments. These microbial communities can influence nutrient cycling, growth, immunity, stress tolerance, disease resistance and overall host performance.

Sequencing and omics technologies can help researchers characterise microbiome composition, compare host-associated communities across species or conditions, and investigate how microbial functions relate to plant or animal traits. These approaches are valuable for studies of crop resilience, livestock health, aquaculture systems, host adaptation and sustainable production.

By combining marker-gene profiling, shotgun metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and related omics approaches, researchers can move from community description towards a deeper understanding of microbiome function, host interaction and biological response.

How Omics Supports Plant and Animal Microbiome Research

Common Research Approaches

Root & Rhizosphere Microbiome Profiling

Characterise microbial communities associated with plant roots, rhizosphere soils and growing environments across crop varieties, treatments or field conditions.

Animal Gut & Host-associated Microbiomes

Study gut, skin, mucosal or tissue-associated microbial communities in livestock, aquaculture, companion animal or model organism research.

Host–Microbe Function & Response

Investigate microbial functional potential, pathway activity and community changes linked to host development, stress, disease or treatment response.

Microbiome Diversity & Intervention Studies

Compare microbial diversity, community structure and functional shifts across diets, environments, breeding lines, management practices or intervention studies.

Supporting Plant & Animal Microbiome Research with Novogene Europe

Novogene Europe provides access to marker-gene sequencing, shotgun metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, microbial genomics and bioinformatics workflows for plant- and animal-associated microbiome research.

Depending on your study design, our team can help you consider suitable approaches for rhizosphere studies, crop microbiome research, livestock microbiomes, aquaculture systems, host–microbe interaction studies or microbiome intervention projects.

Discuss Your Plant & Animal Microbiome Project

Share your samples and research goals, and our team can help identify suitable sequencing or multi-omics options.