Horizon Scientific Press has announced the launch 'Metagenomics: Theory, Methods and Applications', edited by Diana Marco.
The book addresses the diverse and multiple aspects of metagenomics and the multiplicity of its potential applications.
Authors from around the world have contributed chapters covering the new theoretical insights, the more recent applications, and the developing methods of data acquisition and analysis.
Topics include: conceptual frameworks; tools and methods; integration of complementary approaches; horizontal gene transfer; analysis of complex microbial communities; public data resources; plant-microbe interactions; bioremediation; industrial bioproducts; archaeal metagenomics; bioprospecting novel genes; the human microbiome; and philosophical themes in metagenomics.
