Metagenomics : techniques, applications, challenges and opportunities /

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Imprint:Singapore : Springer, [2020]
Description:1 online resource (viii, 227 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12607510
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Other authors / contributors:Chopra, Reena Singh.
Chopra, Chirag.
Sharma, Neeta Raj.
ISBN:9811565295
9789811565298
9811565287
9789811565281
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 02, 2020).
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.
Other form:Print version: 9811565287 9789811565281
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-15-6
10.1007/978-981-15-6529-8