Functional metagenomics : microbial diversity, interaction and application in bioremediation /

Functional Metagenomics: Microbial Diversity, Interaction, and Application in Bioremediation uses a 20-chapter, easy-to-understand format to centralize the practical application ideas for functional metagenomics.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Shah, Maulin P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Academic Press, 2024.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Functional Metagenomics
  • Functional Metagenomics: Microbial Diversity, Interaction, and Application in Bioremediation
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1
  • Overcoming industrial challenges in microbial bioremediation: Leveraging modern technologies and sustainable pr ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Bioremediation processes
  • 3. Advantages of bioremediation
  • 4. Factors affecting the bioremediation process
  • 5. Challenges in the bioremediation process
  • 6. Addressing the challenges using modern technologies
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
  • 2
  • Metagenomics: A new horizon for bioremediation in 21st century
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Environmental systems biology
  • 3. Metagenomics
  • 4. Metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics
  • 5. Techniques to study metagenomics
  • 5.1 Culture-dependent enrichment
  • 6. Community profiling
  • 7. Identifying genes and genomes mediating biodegradations
  • 8. Industrial enzyme discovery using microbial metagenomics
  • 9. Applications of metagenomics in bioremediation
  • 10. Metagenomic bioremediation of different contaminations
  • 11. Microbial metagenomics in agriculture
  • 12. Environmental monitoring and bioremediation using microbial metagenomics
  • 13. Recent advancements in technologies associated with metagenomics
  • 14. Conclusions
  • References
  • 3
  • Application of metagenomics in the field of biotechnological conversion of lignocellulosic residues
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Lignocellulosic biomass
  • 2.1 Composition
  • 2.2 Biotechnological potential of lignocellulosic residues
  • 2.3 Microbial diversity in lignocellulosic residues
  • 3. Metagenomic approach
  • 3.1 Pretreatment of environmental samples
  • 3.2 DNA extraction
  • 3.3 Construction of metagenomic library
  • 3.3.1 Vector selection
  • 3.3.2 Host selection
  • 3.4 Metagenomic library screening.
  • 3.4.1 Functional-based screening
  • 3.4.2 Compound configuration screening
  • 3.4.3 DNA sequence-based screening
  • 4. Industrial property on new technologies involving metagenomic approaches
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • 4
  • Metagenomics to unravel the microbial biodiversity and biotechnological potential of extreme high salinity envi ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Extreme environments and extremophiles
  • 2.1 Extremophile (micro)organisms
  • 3. Culture-independent approaches in the metagenomics era
  • 3.1 Sequence-based metagenomics
  • 3.2 Function-based metagenomics
  • 3.3 Some challenges of metagenomics
  • 4. Metagenomics as a tool to mine the biodiversity and biotechnological potential of extremophile communities
  • 4.1 Novel extremophiles
  • 4.2 New bioactive molecules
  • 4.3 Novel genes
  • 5. Metagenomics in hypersaline environments
  • 5.1 High salinity environments
  • 5.2 Metagenomics and biodiversity in high salinity environments
  • 5.2.1 Novel phylogenetic groups
  • 5.2.2 Novel taxa
  • 5.2.3 Insight into halophilic viruses
  • 5.3 Bioactive molecules of high salinity environments unveiled by metagenomics
  • 5.3.1 Enzymes
  • 5.3.2 Antimicrobial compounds
  • 5.3.3 Biosurfactants
  • 6. Concluding remarks
  • References
  • 5
  • Analysis of complex microbial communities in soil and wastewater treatment processes
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Soil treatment with microbes
  • 2.1 Microbial degradation of toxins in soil
  • 2.2 Genetically modified bacteria for treatment of soil
  • 2.3 Bioventing
  • 2.4 Biosparging
  • 2.5 Biostimulation
  • 2.6 Bioaugmentation
  • 3. Microbes in wastewater treatment
  • 3.1 Wastewater microbial diversity
  • 3.2 Bioremediation
  • 3.3 Biofilm technology
  • 3.4 Microbial fuel cell technology
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 6
  • Response of microbial communities to environmental changes
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Role of microbes in biogeochemicial cycle
  • 2.1 Microbes in carbon cycle
  • 2.2 Microbial role in nitrogen cycle
  • 2.3 Methane cycle and microbial communities
  • 3. Climate change and impact on microorganisms
  • 3.1 Causes of climate change
  • 3.2 Climate change's impact on microorganisms
  • 3.3 Microbes adapting to environmental challenges
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 7
  • Gene prediction through metagenomics
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Overview of metagenomics
  • 3. Sequencing the microbiome genome
  • 3.1 Metagenomic data analysis
  • 4. Gene prediction
  • 4.1 Gene prediction methods
  • 4.1.1 Sequence similarity-based searches
  • 4.1.2 Ab initio method
  • 5. Future prospects
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 8
  • Role of microbes in climate change and its impact: A critical review
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Microbiome in marine environment
  • 2.1 Marine archaea
  • 2.2 Extremophilic marine bacteria
  • 2.3 Marine virus
  • 2.4 Marine phytoplanktons
  • 2.5 Marine mixoplanktons
  • 2.6 Marine diatoms
  • 2.7 Marine fungi
  • 3. Effect of climate change on marine microbiota
  • 4. Permafrost microbiome
  • 4.1 Microbes and archaea
  • 4.2 Virus
  • 4.3 Algae
  • 4.4 Fungi
  • 5. Impact of climate change on permafrost microbiome
  • 6. Terrestrial microbiome
  • 6.1 Role of bacteria in biogeochemical cycle
  • 7. Impact of climate change on terrestrial microbiome
  • 8. Conclusion
  • References
  • 9
  • Metagenomics approaches for microbiome analysis
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Diversity of gut microbiome
  • 3. Functional metagenomics
  • 4. Bioinformatics tools
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 10
  • Study of microbial communities in degrading toxic pollutants in the wastewater and solid waste treatment indus ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Waste generation
  • 3. Types of toxic compounds
  • 3.1 Organic pollutants.
  • 4. Inorganic pollutants
  • 5. Microbial interaction with organic pollutant
  • 6. Microbial communities with respect to degradation of organic compound
  • 7. Structure and methods
  • 7.1 Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis
  • 7.2 Terminal restriction length polymorphism: T-RFLP
  • 7.3 Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
  • 7.4 Ion torrent sequencing
  • 7.5 Illumina sequencing
  • 7.6 Quorum sensing system
  • 8. Future perspectives
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover.