Metagenomics (2^nd Ed.) Perspectives, Methods, and Applications

Metagenomics: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications, Second Edition provides thorough coverage of the growing field of metagenomics. Chapters from international experts examine methods for metagenomic analysis of microbiota, metagenomic computational tools, and recent metagenomic studies in various environments and clinical settings. This emphasis on applications makes the text particularly useful for applied researchers, practitioners, clinicians and students seeking to employ metagenomic approaches to advance knowledge in the biomedical and life sciences. Case-study based application chapters include topics ranging from viral metagenome profiling, metagenomics in oral disease and health, metagenomic insights into the human gut microbiome and metabolic syndromes, and more. This new edition has been fully updated to address the rapid growth and development of metagenomics applications that are discussed by experts who detail recent developments and fresh case studies. Newly added chapters instruct in methods and implications of metagenomics in areas of growing focus, such as microbiome research, clinical diagnosis, metagenomic epidemiology, wildlife conservation, zoonotic diseases and plant microbe interaction.

1. Metagenomics: A Paradigm Shift in Microbiology 2. Strategies for Taxonomic and Functional Annotation of Metagenomes 3. Computational and Statistical Considerations in the Analysis of Metagenomic Data 4. 16S rRNA-Based Taxonomy Profiling in the Metagenomics Era 5. Measuring Microbiome Diversity with the Hill Numbers 6. Analyzing High-throughput Microbial Amplicon Sequence Data Using Multiple Markers 7. The Agave and Cacti microbiome: Models for a planet under global warming 8. Marine Invertebrate - Microbe Interactions: An insight in to Immunogenomics through Metagenomic Approach 9. Novel Biological Resources Screened From Uncultured Bacteria by a Metagenomic Method 10. Advances of Functional Metagenomics in Harnessing Thermozymes 11. Comprehensive Exploration of the Rumen Microbial Ecosystem with Advancements in Metagenomics 12. The animal metagenome and its application in the animal conservation 13. Impending mental health issues during Covid-19 – Time for personalized nutrition based on the gut microbiota to tide over the crisis? 14. SARS-CoV-2 and Genetic Variants: Alternative Therapies to Avert COVID-19 Pandemic 15. Plant health in the era of metagenomics: Current state and future prospects

• Features a diverse range of chapters from international experts
• Highlights the current state-of-the-art and recent advances in the field, along with current perspectives and case studies
• Includes methods, techniques and various computational software tools and pipelines currently used in metagenomic studies
• Provokes new thought and motivations for continued study, along with next steps in research discussed at the end of each chapter