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Metagenomics: Techniques, Applications, Challenges and Opportunities
Title
Metagenomics: Techniques, Applications, Challenges and Opportunities [electronic resource] / edited by Reena Singh Chopra, Chirag Chopra, Neeta Raj Sharma.
ISBN
9789811565298
Edition
1st ed. 2020.
Publication
Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (VIII, 227 p.) 35 illus., 27 illus. in color.
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Summary
This book summarizes the various areas of research in metagenomics and their potential applications in medicine, the environment and biotechnology. The book presents the recent advances in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects of metagenomics and highlights their applications in the fields of environmental microbial forensics, bioremediation, drug-discovery and agriculture. In addition, the book discusses various metagenomics approaches used for understanding the microbial physiology and biochemistry. Lastly the book describes a range of bioinformatics tools and computational methods for metagenomics analysis as well as the functional diversity and dynamics of microbial communities colonizing the human skin.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 21, 2020
Contents
Part 1. Introduction to Metagenomics
Chapter 1. The New Science of Metagenomics: Revealing the Secrets of Microbial Physiology
Chapter 2. The Coming Together of Sciences: Metagenomics for Microbial Biochemistry
Part 2. Applications of Metagenomics
Chapter 3. Metagenomic DNA sequencing: Technological Advances and Applications
Chapter 4. Environmental Microbial Forensics- How Hidden is the Truth?
Chapter 5. Metagenomics Analyses: A Qualitative Assessment Tool for Applications in Forensic Sciences
Chapter 6. Realizing Bioremediation Through Metagenomics- A Technical Review
Chapter 7. Metagenomics and Enzymes: The Novelty Perspective
Chapter 8. Metagenomics and Drug-Discovery
Chapter 9. Epidemiological Perspectives of Human Health through
Metagenomic Research
Chapter 10. Metagenomic Applications of Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 11. Metagenomics in Agriculture: State-of-the-art
Chapter 12. The Skin Metagenomes: Insights into Involvement of Microbes in Diseases
Chapter 13. Computational Metagenomics: State-of-the-art, Facts and Artifacts.
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