Microbial diversity in the human intestine and novel insights from metagenomics.

Title Microbial diversity in the human intestine and novel insights from metagenomics

Editorial: From Genes to Species: Novel Insights from Metagenomics

The majority of microbes in many environments are considered " as yet uncultured " and were traditionally considered inaccessible for study through the microbiological gold standard of pure culture. The emergence of metagenomic approaches has allowed researchers to access and study these microbes in a culture-independent manner through DNA sequencing and functional expression of metagenomic DNA...

Marine Metagenome as A Resource for Novel Enzymes

More than 99% of identified prokaryotes, including many from the marine environment, cannot be cultured in the laboratory. This lack of capability restricts our knowledge of microbial genetics and community ecology. Metagenomics, the culture-independent cloning of environmental DNAs that are isolated directly from an environmental sample, has already provided a wealth of information about the u...

The Value and Significance of Metagenomics of Marine Environments

Microbes have played a fundamental role in the natural history of our planet, and have done so for billions of years. They have adapted to Earth’s many environments from the mild to the very extreme. Studying their diversity and their way of life is critical for understanding their full impact on the global ecology. Although the field of metagenomics is still young, it has unravelled a wider mi...

غربالگری میکروارگانیسم های جدید و ژن های مفید آنها: از روش های سنتی تا متاژنومیکس

Metagenomics is a discipline that enables the genomic study of unculturaled microorganisms. Microorganisms constitute two third of the Earth’s biological diversity. In many environments, 99% of the microorganisms cannot be cultured by standard techniques. Culture-independent methods are required to study the genetic diversity, population structure and ecological roles of the majority of o...