Mining of Microbial Wealth and MetaGenomics

The existence of living organisms in diverse ecosystems has been the focus of interest to human beings, primarily to obtain insights into the diversity and dynamics of the communities. This book discusses how the advent of novel molecular biology techniques, the latest being the next-generation sequencing technologies, helps to elucidate the identity of novel organisms, including those that are rare.

The book highlights the fact that oceans, marine environments, rivers, mountains and the gu...