Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbiota from the Crop of an Invasive Snail Reveals a Rich Reservoir of Novel Genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Cardoso, Alexander M ^a   Cavalcante, Janaína J V ^a   Cantão, Maurício E ^b,c   Thompson, Claudia E ^b   Flatschart, Roberto B ^a   Glogauer, Arnaldo ^b   Scapin, Sandra M N ^a   Sade, Youssef B ^a   Beltrão, Paulo J M S I ^a   Gerber, Alexandra L ^b   Martins, Orlando B ^a,d   Garcia, Eloi S ^a,e   de Souza, Wanderley ^a,d   Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; GLYCOSIDASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; TITANIUM;

ACHATINA FULICA; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ETHANOL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LIGNIN; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS;

ACHATINA FULICA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; MACROPODIDAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 84868335505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048505     Document Type: Article

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