Metagenomics companies analyse genetic material collected directly from microbial communities without first isolating individual organisms. These approaches support microbiome research, pathogen detection, environmental monitoring and the study of complex biological ecosystems.
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Browse 20 UK metagenomics companies below.
Biodiversity-derived protein data and AI models for biological design
Basecamp Research is a London-based biotech company that collects biological samples from extreme environments across more than 26 countries, building a proprietary metagenomic database of over ten billion novel protein sequences from more than one million previously unrecorded species. This dataset trains large AI…
Contract research and analytical services for food and health industries
QIB Extra is a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of Quadram Institute Bioscience, providing contract research, analytical services, and consultancy to companies in the food, nutrition, and health sectors. Operating from Norwich Research Park, it gives commercial clients access to the facilities and scientific…
Clinical skin microbiome testing and multi-omic ingredient analysis platform
Sequential Skin is a biotechnology company providing non-invasive clinical microbiome testing and multi-omic analysis services to the personal care and pharmaceutical industries. Using patch-based sampling and next-generation sequencing, the company quantifies how ingredients and formulations affect the skin…
Contract microbial whole genome sequencing and metagenomics service
MicrobesNG Ltd is a UK-based contract sequencing service provider specialising in microbial whole genome and metagenome sequencing. The company processes bacterial, fungal, and viral samples using Illumina short-read and Oxford Nanopore long-read platforms, with DNA extraction and bioinformatics analysis included as…
Metagenomic microbiome analysis for aquaculture health monitoring
Esox Biologics is a biotechnology company providing metagenomic analysis for aquaculture health monitoring. Its Detect service sequences microbial DNA in water and animal swab samples, profiling pathogens and beneficial microorganisms without predefined target panels. The company also researches bacteriophage-based…
Automated sampling instruments for molecular environmental monitoring
Biota Trace develops automated sampling technology for environmental monitoring in air and water. Its instruments connect molecular sample collection with sensors and digital data, allowing samples to be gathered in response to environmental events rather than only at fixed intervals. The approach is intended to…
Next-generation sequencing and genomic analysis services
Novogene (UK) is a genomic services provider operating as the European hub of Novogene Corporation, one of the world's largest sequencing organisations. Based at Cambridge Science Park, the company offers a comprehensive range of next-generation sequencing services including whole genome, exome, RNA, single-cell,…
AI-powered gut microbiome analysis for personalised clinical nutrition
Enbiosis is a biotechnology company combining whole-genome gut microbiome sequencing with artificial intelligence to generate personalised nutrition, dietary, and supplement recommendations for patients with gastrointestinal disorders. Its B2B platform is used by healthcare professionals including gastroenterologists…
Food and gut health bioscience research on Norwich Research Park
Quadram Institute Bioscience is a BBSRC-funded independent research organisation focused on the interactions between food, gut microbiota, and human health. Operating within the Quadram Institute, a partnership with the University of East Anglia, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, and BBSRC, it conducts…
Precision medicine platform matching cancer patients to optimal therapies
Pathway Bio is a precision oncology company developing a functional platform to predict treatment response in individual cancer patients. The platform combines multiomic tumour profiling, AI-driven modelling, and ex vivo microcancer technology to screen therapies against a biological avatar of the patient's own tumour…
Multi-omic sequencing and genomics services
Source Genomics is a contract genomics laboratory providing multi-omic sequencing and analytical services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic clients. Services span Sanger sequencing, next-generation sequencing, Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, optical genome mapping, Olink…
Bioinformatics CRO delivering omics data analysis and interpretation
Fios Genomics is an Edinburgh-based bioinformatics contract research organisation providing data analysis and interpretation services across genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic clients globally, the company specialises in translating complex omics…
Web-based bioinformatics platform for microbial genomics and bioprocessing
MORF-Bio is a company developing a web-based software platform that makes microbial bioinformatics and bioprocess data analysis accessible to researchers and industry without specialist coding skills. Its tools cover microbial genome assembly and comparison, metabolic modelling, fermentation data visualisation and…
Culturing microbial dark matter to discover novel antimicrobials and bioactives
Bactobio is a biotechnology company using synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing, and machine learning to culture the vast majority of environmental microbes that have previously been unculturable. Access to this largely unexplored bioresource enables systematic discovery of novel antimicrobial compounds and…
Microbiology services and UK national bacterial culture collection
NCIMB is a UK microbiology services company and custodian of the National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria, the UK's largest public bacterial culture collection with over 10,000 strains. The company provides GMP-compliant microbial identification, whole genome sequencing, microbial community…
Real-time DNA and RNA sequencing at any scale
Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a biotechnology company developing and commercialising electronic nanopore sequencing instruments and consumables for the direct analysis of DNA and RNA. Its devices range from pocket-sized portable units to high-throughput benchtop systems, enabling long-read sequencing without…
Federated genomic data platform for secure biomedical research
Lifebit is a London-based software company providing a federated Trusted Research Environment for large-scale health and genomic data analysis. Its platform enables pharmaceutical companies, health systems, and research organisations to access, harmonise, and analyse distributed clinico-genomic datasets securely,…
Platform making human microbiology computable for drug discovery
Outpost Bio is a biotechnology company building predictive models of human microbial ecosystems by integrating automated wet lab experimentation with machine learning. Its Lab-in-the-Loop platform generates large-scale datasets on microbe-host and microbe-drug interactions, with the aim of predicting how microbial…
Rapid airborne DNA sequencing service for pathogen detection and biosecurity
Agnos Biosciences is a deep tech company commercialising AirSeq, a rapid DNA air sequencing technology for the detection and quantification of airborne biological material. AirSeq combines novel molecular biology, DNA sequencing and bespoke computational analysis to simultaneously identify thousands of species,…
BBSRC-funded genomics and bioinformatics research institute
The Earlham Institute is a BBSRC-funded life science research institute based at Norwich Research Park, specialising in genomics, bioinformatics, single-cell research and engineering biology. Its research applies computational science and biotechnology to decode living systems across plant science, microbiology,…