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Statistical methods for characterizing diversity of microbial communities by analysis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of 16S rRNA genes. FragSort: A software for ‘’in-silico’’ assignment of T-RFLP profiles from Ohio State University.
PICRUSt [1] is a bioinformatics software package. The name is an abbreviation for Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States.. The tool serves in the field of metagenomic analysis where it allows inference of the functional profile of a microbial community based on marker gene survey along one or more samples.
Metatranscriptomics is the set of techniques used to study gene expression of microbes within natural environments, i.e., the metatranscriptome. [1]While metagenomics focuses on studying the genomic content and on identifying which microbes are present within a community, metatranscriptomics can be used to study the diversity of the active genes within such community, to quantify their ...
Metagenomic approaches to the analysis of complex microbial communities allow the targeted screening of enzymes with industrial applications in biofuel production, such as glycoside hydrolases. [84] Furthermore, knowledge of how these microbial communities function is required to control them, and metagenomics is a key tool in their understanding.
Effective microorganisms enhance the soil's beneficial microbial community, paving the way for sustainable agriculture. These microorganisms consist of naturally occurring microbes, such as photosynthesizing bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, and fermenting fungi, which can be applied to increase soil microbial diversity.
Knowledge of the composition and metabolic activity of the microbiota in soils, water and waste materials is useful in optimizing crop production, in bioremediation and in understanding microbial ecosystems. Soil microbial community analysis by PLFA has been a widely used technique due to the sensitive, reproducible measurement of the dominant ...
[7] [8] [9] Microorganisms (soil microbes) are involved in biogeochemical cycles in the soil which helps in fixing nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur in the soil (environment). [10] As a consequence of the quantitative magnitude of microbial life (calculated as 5.0 × 10 30 cells, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] ) microbes, by virtue of their ...
Two scientists prepare samples of soil mixed with oil to test a microbe's ability to clean up contaminated soil. Microbial remediation is used in soils to remove contaminants and pollutants. Microbes play a key role in many biogeochemistry cycles and can effect a variety of soil properties, such as biotransformation of mineral and metal ...