The rapidity and cost-efficiency of DNA sequencing has made it possible to sequence virtually all of the genes present in the microbes of a given habitat.This generates a collective genome for that habitat,which has come to be called a(n)_________.
A)metachron
B)metagenome
C)netagenome
D)megagene
E)exogenome

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The collective genome for a habitat generated by sequencing of all the genes in the microbes present in the habitat is called a metagenome. This term was coined by Jo Handelsman and colleagues in 1998.

The Rapidity and Cost-Efficiency of DNA Sequencing Has Made It