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.
- 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, with next steps in research discussed at the end of each chapter
Metagenomics: A Paradigm Shift in Microbiology
Metagenomic Protocols and Strategies
Strategies for Taxonomic and Functional Annotation of
Computational and Statistical Considerations in the Analysis of Metagenomic
Data
Data Science to Biologists: Insights into Microbiomics
Meta-Omic and Machine Learning Approaches to Understand Microbial Cross
Talks
Measuring Microbiome Diversity and Diversity-Scaling Analysis with Hill
Numbers
16S rRNA-Based Taxonomy Profiling in the Metagenomics
Metagenomics and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Metagenomic Guided Reengineering of Gut Microbiome with Specific Emphasis on
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Metagenomics: Implications in Oral Health and Disease
Exploring Microbiome-Based Interventions in Periodontitis: The Role of
Prebiotics and Postbiotics in Oral Health Management
Understanding the Resistome of the Human Microbiome: A Metagenomic Approach
SARS-CoV-2 and Genetic Variants: Alternative Therapies to Avert COVID-19
Pandemic
AMR Surveillance in Bacteria Using Metagenomics
An Overview of the Metagenomics-Based Assessment of Ecosystem Toxicology
Metagenomic Approaches to Analyse Earthworm-Microbial Interactions to
Maintain Sustainable Agroecosystem
Plant Health in the Era of Metagenomics: Current State and Future Prospects
The Agave and Cacti Microbiome: Models for a Planet Under Global Warming
Marine Invertebrate Microbe Interactions: An Insight into Immunogenomics
Through Metagenomic Approach
Advances of Functional Metagenomics in Harnessing Thermozymes
Dr. M. Nagarajan is an Associate Professor, at Department of Genomic Science, School of Biological Science, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India. His research interests primarily focus on population genetics, functional genomics and microbiome of wild and domestic animals. He received his M.Sc and PhD in Environmental Biotechnology from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. After his Ph.D, he carried out his postdoctoral research at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India and then at Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France. He was an Assistant Professor at Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tamil Nadu before joining Central University of Kerala in 2012. He is an editorial board member of Scientific Reports, BMC Genomics, PLoS One, Frontiers in Genetics, and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. He is a member of ISAG-FAO Advisory Group on Animal Genetic Diversity. He has more than 40 publications in leading international journals including PLoS Genetics and Molecular Ecology.
