A doctor takes two different cheek swabs from one of his patients. He cultures the microorganisms from one swab and derives microorganism sequence information from the other. What do you expect his results will be?
A)His culture results will match his sequence results; all of the microorganisms identified via sequencing will be found in the swab cultures.
B)The culture results will identify more microorganisms compared to the sequencing data.
C)The sequencing data will identify more microorganisms compared to the culture data.

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Culturing methods can bias the detection of certain microorganisms while excluding others. Sequencing can identify a wider range of microorganisms, including those that may not be detected using traditional culturing methods. Therefore, sequencing data is expected to identify more microorganisms compared to the culture data.

A Doctor Takes Two Different Cheek Swabs from One of His