Metagenomics: Probing pollutant fate in natural and engineered ecosystems

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1413-1426

  Bouhajja, Emna ^a   Agathos, Spiros N ^a,b   George, Isabelle F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b YACHAY TECH UNIVERSITY   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catabolic genes; Degradation pathways; Metagenomics; Molecular microbial ecology; Pollutant biodegradation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; HEAVY METALS; MICROORGANISMS; RNA;

CATABOLIC GENES; COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITIONS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING;

CLONING;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLISM; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PROBE;

ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA;

EID: 84995906275     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.10.006     Document Type: Review

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