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Metagenomics — is the study of metagenomes, genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples. The broad field may also be referred to as environmental genomics, ecogenomics or community genomics. Traditional microbiology and microbial genome… … Wikipedia
Chemical biology — is a scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry and biology that involves the application of chemical techniques and tools, often compounds produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and manipulation of biological systems.… … Wikipedia
Commercially useful enzymes — (CUEs) are enzymes which have commercial uses. Microbial enzymes have well known applications as biocatalysts in several areas of industry, such as biotechnology, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, etc. Metagenomic data provide a unique resource for… … Wikipedia
Biotransformation — is the chemical modification (or modifications) made by an organism on a chemical compound. If this modification ends in mineral compounds like CO2, NH4+, or H2O, the biotransformation is called mineralisation. Biotransformation means chemical… … Wikipedia
Microbial biodegradation — Interest in the microbial biodegradation of pollutants has intensified in recent years as humanity strives to find sustainable ways to clean up contaminated environments.[1][2] These bioremediation and biotransformation methods endeavour to… … Wikipedia
Acid mine drainage — Yellow boy in a stream receiving acid drainage from surface coal mining. Acid mine drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD), refers to the outflow of acidic water from (usually abandoned) metal mines or coal mines. However, other areas where… … Wikipedia
Neanderthal genome project — Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany The Neanderthal genome project is a collaboration of scientists coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and 454 Life Sciences in the… … Wikipedia
Human microbiome project — The Human microbiome project (HMP) is a National Institutes of Health initiative with the goal of identifying and characterizing the microorganisms which are found in association with both healthy and diseased humans. It is a five year project,… … Wikipedia
MEGAN — Infobox Software name = MEGAN caption = developer = Daniel Huson et al. latest release version = 2beta8 latest release date = 2008 latest preview version = latest preview date = operating system = Windows, Linux, Mac OS X platform = genre =… … Wikipedia
Biosphäre — Die Biosphäre reicht hinauf bis in den unteren Rand der Mesosphäre. Die Biosphäre [bioˈsfɛːrə] (von griechisch βίος bíos ‚Leben‘ und σφαίρα sfaira ‚Kugel‘) bezeichnet den Raum mit Leben eines Himmelskörpers. Es ist derjenige Raum, in dem Leben… … Deutsch Wikipedia
