Encyclopedia of Metagenomics

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| Editors: Karen E. Nelson

MetaBioME

Computational Tool for Mining Metagenomic Datasets to Discover Novel Biocatalysts by Using a Homology-Based Approach
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_742-1
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Synonyms

Biocatalysts; Commercially useful enzymes; CUEs

Definition

MetaBioME: Comprehensive metagenomic biomining engine.

Introduction

The relationship between man and microbes is as old as the age of man himself and it is no wonder that man carries around ten times more of these little friends than of his own cells (Gill et al. 2006). However, it has only been a few 1,000 years since man first learned to harness the power of microbes, initially to accomplish crude and trivial fermentations like brewing and curdling. With the evolution of man, today, these applications have been extended to almost all areas such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, industry, biotechnology etc., where microbes have become indispensable. These applications have now become more refined, and the most remarkable change, which has happened, is that microbial enzymes have replaced whole microbes in many such processes. These microbial enzymes a.k.a. “biocatalysts” offer ecologically friendly or “green”...

Keywords

Metagenomic Library Metagenomic Sequence Metagenomic Data Application Category Metagenomic Dataset 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Indian Institute of Science Education and ResearchBhopalIndia
  2. 2.Laboratory for Integrated Bioinformatics RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical SciencesYokohamaJapan