Microbial ecology : current advances from genomics, metagenomics and other omics / edited by Diana E. Marco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marco, Diana E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Norfolk, UK : Caister Academic Press, [2019]

Summary:

This book presents selected recent hot-topics in the application of advanced omics methods to the field of microbial ecology. Written by specialist scientists under the experienced editorial guidance of Diana Marco, the book covers both the theoretical and applied aspects of microbial ecology. Topics include the investigation of the patterns, processes and mechanisms in microbial ecology, microbiome sequencing, soil microbiology, insular microbiogeography, sediment microbial communities, and wildlife microbial genomics and endocrinology. This timely volume is indispensable for scientific researchers, educators and advanced students interested in approaching the microbial ecology field by utilizing the most recent and advanced omics methods. The book is invaluable for everyone working in the field of microbial ecology and is recommended reading for all microbiologists.

Contents:

Intro

Current Books of Interest

Contents

Preface

1. Patterns, Processes and Mechanisms in Microbial Ecology: Contributions from the 'Omics'

Introduction

Ecological definitions of pattern, process and mechanism

The problems of scale, heterogeneity and replication

Contributions from the 'meta-omics' to the identification and understanding of patterns, processes and mechanisms in microbial ecology

Future trends

2. Contamination Issues in Microbiome Sequencing Studies

Method

Results

Discussion

3. Molecular Methods to Study Microbial Succession in Soil

The greatest diversity of life lies beneath our feet: a glimpse into the modern era of the molecular microbiology of soils

Successional patterns of soil microbial communities

A case study: microbial community succession along a salt marsh chronosequence

Molecular methods in the context of soil microbial succession: future perspectives

4. Insular Microbiogeography: Three Pathogens as Exemplars

Metagenomic analysis and microbial life: a large-scale study

The quasispecies model

Insular microbiogeography: an emerging concept for microbiology

Conclusions: gene discovery and power law scaling

5. Contribution of Metagenomics to Our Understanding of Microbial Processes in Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Coastal Sediments

Microbial diversity in cold coastal sediments: insights from large-scale sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons

Analysis of metabolic potential by shotgun sequencing of metagenomic DNA

Analysis of biomarker genes for processes of environmental relevance

Analysis of gene content and shared synteny of algal polysaccharide utilization loci

Microbial rhodopsins of non-viral and viral origin.

A workflow for rational selection of metagenomic sequences for heterologous expression

Conclusions

6. Wildlife Microbial Genomics and Endocrinology

Defining animal health

'Omics' approaches to the study of wildlife microbial symbionts

The human-wildlife microbial interface: anthropogenic disruption of microbial ecology, consequences of dysbiosis, and the importance of a One Health approach

Index.

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ISBN:

1-912530-03-1

OCLC:

1088520842