Metagenomics is a new approach to study microorganisms obtained from a specific
environment by functional gene screening or sequencing analysis. Metagenomics studies …

The increasing relevance of cascade reactions in biocatalysis has sparked a great interest
for enzyme co-immobilization. Enzyme co-immobilization allows access to some kinetic …

John Dupré explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their
relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and …

Metagenomics (also referred to as environmental and community genomics) is the genomic
analysis of microorganisms by direct extraction and cloning of DNA from an assemblage of …

The concept of soil quality gives rise to more controversy than that of water or air quality.
However, despite the difficulty in providing a definition, the maintenance of soil quality is …

▪ Abstract Uncultured microorganisms comprise the majority of the planet's biological
diversity. Microorganisms represent two of the three domains of life and contain vast …

Phylogenetic surveys of soil ecosystems have shown that the number of prokaryotic species
found in a single sample exceeds that of known cultured prokaryotes. Soil metagenomics …

It is widely accepted that up to 99.8% of the microbes present in many environments are not
readily culturable.'Metagenome technology'tries to overcome this bottleneck by developing …

The ocean is considered to be a great reservoir of biodiversity. Microbial communities in
marine environments are ecologically relevant as intermediaries of energy, and play an …

In the ten years since the publication of Modern Soil Microbiology, the study of soil
microbiology has significantly changed, both in the understanding of the diversity and …