Animal gastrointestinal tract contains a complex community of microbes, whose composition ultimately reflects the co-evolution of microorganisms with their animal host. The gut microbial community of humans and animals has received significant attention from researchers because of its association with health and disease. The application of metagenomics technology enables researchers to study no...

We report Metagenome from the saline desert soil sample of Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat State, India. Metagenome consisted of 633,760 sequences with size 141,307,202 bp and 56% G + C content. Metagenome sequence data are available at EBI under EBI Metagenomics database with accession no. ERP005612. Community metagenomics revealed total 1802 species belonged to 43 different phyla with dominatin...

In the last few years a new technology called metagenomics has revolutionized biology. This technique allows biologists to sequence the DNA (genetic makeup) of all the organisms in an environment. The Real-Time Metagenomics project provides biologists with a variety of tools to annotate metagenomes using web 2.0 technology, including web services (RTMg.web), Google’s Android cell phone operatin...

Metagenomics is the genomic analysis of microbial communities. This new science provides access to organisms that are recalcitrant to culturing, as are the vastmajority of microorganismsonEarth.Metagenomics therebyoffers a first peek at thewide varietyof life that has never been studied, thus providing new insight into the structure and function of ecosystems as diverse as the oceans and the hu...

CAMERA – Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis http://camera.calit2.net/ CMAERA is a tool to aid people using metagenomics to study microbial community ecology. A major emphasis is on marine microbial ecosystems. Genomes on Line: Metagenomes http://www.genomesonline.org/gold.cgi?want= Metagenomes The Genomes on line database (GOLD) is an excel...

Technology for accessing the genomic DNA of microorganisms, directly from environmental samples without prior cultivation, has opened new vistas to understanding microbial diversity and functions. Especially as applied to soils and the oceans, environments on Earth where microbial diversity is vast, metagenomics and its emergent approaches have the power to transform rapidly our understanding o...