Microbial metagenomics: Beyond the genome

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 347-371

  Gilbert, Jack A ^a,b,c   Dupont, Christopher L ^d  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

annotation; bacteria; bioinformatics; communities; function; next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANNOTATION; BASE PAIRS; BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS; COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY; GLOBAL OCEAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; GENES; SEAWATER;

BIOINFORMATICS;

BIOINFORMATICS; DATABASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; SEA;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; METAGENOMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 79953007909     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142811     Document Type: Article

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