Metagenomics

Methods, Applications & Perspectives

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61122-358-3 (ISBN)

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Metagenomic analysis has extraordinary potential to improve our understanding of microbial populations in their natural environment and identify novel genes of interest. The key feature of such analyses is that they are performed using metagenomic libraries constructed from total DNA isolated from a particular niche rather than a laboratory culture. Thus, metagenomic analyses potentially allow access to all the genetic resources present in an environment, regardless of whether or not they belong to micro-organisms that can be cultured in the laboratory. Sequence-based metagenomic analyses rely on comparisons with databases of known genomic sequences whilst functional analyses rely on screening libraries on the basis of the phenotypes cloned DNA can confer to host bacteria. Therefore, functional analysis allows the identification of novel genes with functions that could not have been predicted from their DNA sequence. This book discusses metagenomics' methods, applications and perspectives.

PrefacePotential and Limitations of Metagenomic Functional Analyses(Laura Terron-Gonzalez, Olga Genilloud, Eduardo Santero, Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo, University Pablo de Olavide/CSIC/Junta de Andalucia, Sevilla, Spain, and others)Metagenomics: Library Construction and Screening Methods(Roberto S. Dias, Livia C. F. Silva, Monique R. Eller, Valeria M. Oliveira, Sergio O. DE Paula, Cynthia C. Silva, Laboratorio de Imunovirologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, MG, Brazil, and others)The Use of Ion Torrent PGM for Bacterial Diversity Analyses: The Study Case of Five Brazilian Hydroelectric Reservoirs(Diego Assis das Gracas, Rafael Azevedo Barauna, Luciano Chaves Franco, Tiago Ferreira Leao, Pablo Henrique Caracciolo Gomes de Sa, Adonney Allan de Oliveira Veras, Adriana Ribeiro Carneiro, Jaqueline Meireles, Kenny da Costa Pinheiro, Artur Luiz da Costa da Silva and Rommel Thiago Juca Ramos, Federal University of Para, Institute of Biological Sciences, Laboratorio de Polimorfismo de DNA Belem, Para, Brazil)For Complete Table of Contents, please visit our website athttps://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=50916

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2014
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	538 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	1-61122-358-X / 161122358X
ISBN-13	978-1-61122-358-3 / 9781611223583
Zustand	Neuware