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Metagenomics: Techniques, Applications, Challenges and Opportunities

Book information

Publisher
Springer Singapore;Springer
Year
2020
ISBN
9789811565281, 9789811565298
DOI
10.1007/978-981-15-6529-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4905364 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
VIII, 227\225
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07

Description

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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