Metagenomics in Biotechnology

Environmental, Industrial, and Clinical Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-0-443-36573-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Metagenomics in Biotechnology: Environmental, Industrial, and Clinical Applications provides a comprehensive understanding of metagenomic biotechnology, including its underlying principles, techniques, and tools used for data analysis. It explores how metagenomics plays a crucial role in environmental and industrial applications, such as the identification and quantification of microbial communities, the bioremediation of pollutants, biofuel development, and sustainable agriculture. The book also delves into the clinical implications of metagenomics, from technological advancements, pathogen identification, detection, drug discovery, and development. This understanding helps aid in the design and implementation of innovative solutions to environmental, industrial, and clinical challenges.

With current trends, challenges, and solutions in metagenomics rounding out the coverage, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and professionals looking to deepen their knowledge of the various techniques used for data analysis and further leverage the potential of metagenomic biotechnology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hesham, Abd El-Latif

Gadow, Samir I.

Diwan, Deepti

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Basics, Concepts, Methods, and Trends in Metagenomics
1. What Is Metagenomics and Why?
2. Exploring Biodiversity and Leveraging an Application-Based Approach to Metagenomics
3. Novel Metagenomics Techniques and Challenges
4. Bioinformatics and Microbial Metagenomics: Recent Advancements and Applications

Part II: Environment and Industrial Applications
5. Role Of Metagenomics in Quantification and Identification of Microbial Communities
6. Recent Trends in Metagenomics for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals
7. Microbial Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advancements in Metagenomics
8. Metagenomics: Isolation and Identification of Bioactive Metabolites from Microorganisms
9. Soil Metagenomics and Climate Change
10. Applied Metagenomics for Biofuel Development
11. Metagenomics And Enzyme Production
12. The Role of Metagenomics in Sustainable Agriculture
13. The Role of Metagenomics in Solid Waste Management
14. Application of Metagenomics in Wastewater Treatment
15. Applications of Metagenomics in Isolation of Extremophiles
16. Insights of Metagenomics for Exploring Microbial Communities in Plants
17. Metagenomics: The Importance of the Marine Microbiome

Part III: Clinical
18. Clinical Metagenomics: Technological Advancements
19. Applications Of Metagenomics in Gut Microbiome Identification
20. Role Of Metagenomics in Parasitic Detection
21. Emerging Metagenomics Tools: Quantification of Contaminants of Food Borne Pathogens
22. Application of Metagenomics in Monitoring Human-Associated Bacterial Communities: to Support Human Immune System
23. Metagenomics in Drug Discovery and Development

Part IV: Conclusion
24. Current Trends, Various Challenges, and their Solutions in Metagenomics

Über Autor(innen)

Hesham, Abd El-Latif
Prof. Abd El-Latif Hesham is currently a Full Professor of Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta-Genome Biotechnology and Head of the Genetics Department at Beni-Suef University (BSU), Egypt. He earned a PhD from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has authored over 100 publications in esteemed journals, two books, and a number of book chapters and contributed to international research projects in microbial genetics and applied biotechnology. Prof. Hesham is actively involved in various committees, conferences, and societies globally, receiving recognition for his work through prestigious awards and appointments including Country Representative for Egypt and the Arab Counties by the International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Society (IBBS), UK, which is part of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS). He also serves as an editorial board member for a number of journals including Scientific Reports, Current Bioinformatics, Frontiers in Microbiology, and International Journal of Genomics and Biocatalysis.

Gadow, Samir I.
Dr. Samir I. Gadow is currently an Associate Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the National Research Centre in Cairo, Egypt. He received his PhD degree in Environmental Studies from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan where he is conducting research activities in the areas of waste and wastewater management with a special focus on bioreactor technology and wastewater engineering. Dr. Gadow’s research activities concern the development of an innovative bioreactor system for wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery with energy saving in mind. He has published more than 30 papers in journals and conferences proceedings. Dr. Gadow has gained multinational experience through working in diversified bilingual environments and participating in several international conferences, fairs, and multicultural-oriented programs.

Diwan, Deepti
Dr. Deepti Diwan is a research instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University School of medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Diwan has garnered more than ten years of multidisciplinary research experience in diverse fields, including cancer, epigenetics, erythropoiesis, genomics, hemorrhagic stroke, microbiology/virology, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, protein-carbohydrate interactions, and radiation biology. She contributed to numerous research and review articles and presented academic and research-based papers at several national and international conferences. She also serves as an editor of international journals, namely, Biomaterials and Polymers Horizon, Nanofabrication, and Microbial Biosystems. Dr. Diwan and her group developed Genome Profiling (GP) technology and Microarray-with-Manageable Volumes (MMV) techniques. They were the first to successfully test the application of GP and MMV at the single-cell level to detect intra-organism differences.