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The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Reston Microbiology Lab (RML) is housed in approximately 1700 ft2 of lab space in the National Center building in Reston, VA. Our expertise is in microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, and geomicrobiology and we utilize microbiology, molecular biology, and biogeochemistry techniques.
RMLis housed in approximately 1700 ft2 of lab space in the National Center building in Reston, VA. Our expertise is in microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, and geomicrobiology and we utilize microbiology, molecular biology, and biogeochemistry techniques.
The lab is equipped with four fume hoods, a Coy anaerobic chamber, walk-in incubator, autoclave, and microbiology, cultivation, and biogeochemistry equipment. We perform next-generation sequencing using Illumina MiSeq 16S iTag sequencing, PacBio genomic sequencing, Illumina HiSeq metagenomic and genomic sequencing, and Oxford Nanopore GridION genomic sequencing. Sequencing is performed at external laboratories.