[Terrapreta] Metagenomics: Genomic Analysis of Microbial Communities

[Michael Bailes]

That is great news
We need to be quick

This is a post I made on hypography
MVB

It seems we need to spend a lot more $ working out the different "suites" of
> 'critters' that live and have evolved in different parts of the world.
> I am worried that throwing about commercial 'wee beastie' mixes might kill
> or endanger native bacteria, fungi etc before we have even managed to give
> them a name - let alone work out what they do.
>
> I guess whenever we garden we destroy as well as create.
>
> In housing estates popping up locally on virgin soil, developers are
> required to collect native seed growing in the proposed development area,
> propagate it, and replant it when the houses are up.
> No one has yet thought of asking what the amazing soil zoo under their
> feet contains.
> RIP
>

On 01/04/07, Shengar at aol.com <Shengar at aol.com> wrote:
>
>    Metagenomics, which aims to access the genomic potential of an
> environmental sample directly, is a burgeoning area that is generating
> enormous amounts of biological information. An examination of recent
> metagenomics literature reveals the discipline to be heading in new and
> interesting directions, including the investigation of the normal flora of
> mammals, analysis of ancient genomes, and exploration of the distribution of
> novel pathways. In addition, the development of new bioinformatics
> approaches and tools is allowing innovative mining of both existing and new
> data. Finally, there are indications that the integration of metagenomics
> with complementary approaches in microbial ecology is beginning.
> http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2005.00055.x
>
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