NEBNext Enzymatic Methyl-seq (EM-seq) is a new method for identification of 5-mC and 5-hmC. While bisulfite sequencing has been the gold standard for methylome analysis, this conversion treatment damages DNA, resulting in fragmentation, loss and bias. In contrast, the highly effective enzyme-based conversion in the NEBNext Enzymatic Methyl-seq Kit minimizes damage to DNA and, with the supplied NEBNext Ultra II library preparation workflow reagents, produces high quality libraries that enable superior detection of 5-mC and 5-hmC from fewer sequencing reads.