CosmosID, Inc. is an American private company located in Germantown, MD. The firm operates as a bioinformatics company that focused on rapid identification of microorganisms in met genomic samples. It was founded by Rita Colwell. Manoj Dadlani is the current CEO, occupying that position since 2015.\nThe company says this about itself: CosmosID®, based in Rockville, MD, provides solutions unlocking the microbiome through the use of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and industry-leading bioinformatics solutions to achieve rapid identification and characterization of microorganisms for pharmaceutical R&D, molecular diagnostics, public health, food safety, agriculture, and environmental applications. CosmosID's 11+ years of expertise enables end-to-end support of microbiome studies including study design, sample collection, sample preparation, NGS, bioinformatics and interpretation support. Available online, CosmosID's cloud-based metagenomics application offers user-friendly access to the world's largest curated database for microbial genomics and independently validated to return metagenomic analyses at strain-level resolution with industry-leading sensitivity and precision.