Metagenomic Analysis of a Tropical Composting Operation at the São Paulo Zoo Park Reveals Diversity of Biomass Degradation Functions and Organisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Martins, Layla Farage ^a   Antunes, Luciana Principal ^a   Pascon, Renata C ^b   de Oliveira, Julio Cezar Franco ^b   Digiampietri, Luciano A ^a   Barbosa, Deibs ^a   Peixoto, Bruno Malveira ^c   Vallim, Marcelo A ^b   Viana Niero, Cristina ^b   Ostroski, Eric H ^a   Telles, Guilherme P ^c   Dias, Zanoni ^c   da Cruz, João Batista ^d   Juliano, Luiz ^b,d   Verjovski Almeida, Sergio ^a   da Silva, Aline Maria ^a   Setubal, João Carlos ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^e VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIALES; COMPOSTING; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LACTOBACILLUS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE ORDER; LACTOBACILLUS; LIGNIN; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PECTINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIALES; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 84876543348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061928     Document Type: Article

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