Achievements and new knowledge unraveled by metagenomic approaches

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Simon, Carola ^a   Daniel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocatalysts; Function based screens; Metagenomic library; Metagenomics; Sequence based screens

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; DATA SETS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT; LARGE DATASETS; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC DNA; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; OCEAN WATER; RESEARCH AREAS; SCREENING STRATEGY;

NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENZYMES;

DNA; ENZYME; SEA WATER;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST; DRUG; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DNA LIBRARY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ISOLATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMES; GENE LIBRARY; GENES; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; METAGENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 71349088748     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2233-z     Document Type: Short Survey

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