Recent advances in microbiology, in culture-independent genomic analysis and in sequencing technology have established a solid foundation upon which to build a unique interdisciplinary community for the emerging subfield of metagenomics. At the intersection of many diverse disciplines, metagenomics will engage an exceptionally wide intellectual community.

Metagenomics 2006 will provide invaluable opportunities to discuss and accelerate the implementation of metagenomic research. The conference will include research in microbial ecology, genomics and evolution, bioinformatics, and biogeochemistry. It will also delve into research on multiple organisms interacting with each other and their environment, namely, ecological genomics, population/community genomics and environmental genomics.