Functional Metagenomics: Tools and Applications - Charles, Trevor C.; Liles, Mark R.; Sessitsch, Angela; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
Section I. Tools for Functional Metagenomics -- Prologue -- 1) Next-generation sequencing in Functional Metagenomics -- 2) Cloning systems -- 3) Expression systems -- 4) Hosts for heterologous expression -- 5) Bioinformatic tools for functional metagenomics -- 6) Screening and selection for expressed functions -- 7) Synthetic biology approaches for functional metagenomics -- Section II. Applications in Functional Metagenomics -- 8) Enzyme discovery -- 9) Metabolite discovery -- 10) C substrate utilization (with SIP) -- 11) Genome Assembly and Functional Annotation -- 12) Aquatic ecosystems -- 13) Terrestrial ecosystems -- 14) Aeromicrobiology -- 15) Animal microbiomes -- 16) Human microbiomes -- 17) Plant microbiomes -- 18) Biofilms -- 19) Extreme environments -- 20) Wastewater -- 21) Food microbiology -- Epilogue: Future prospects in functional metagenomics.
Keywords: Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Ecology; Applied Microbiology