Hot Spring Metagenomics
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López-López, O.; Cerdán, M.E.; González-Siso, M.I. Hot Spring Metagenomics. Life 2013, 3, 308-320.
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Hot springs have been investigated since the XIX century, but isolation and examination of their thermophilic microbial inhabitants did not start until the 1950s. Many thermophilic microorganisms and their viruses have since been discovered, although the real complexity of thermal communities was envisaged when research based on PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA genes arose. Thereafter, the possibility of cloning and sequencing the total environmental DNA, defined as metagenome, and the study of the genes rescued in the metagenomic libraries and assemblies made it possible to gain a more comprehensive understanding of microbial communities—their diversity, structure, the interactions existing between their components, and the factors shaping the nature of these communities. In the last decade, hot springs have been a source of thermophilic enzymes of industrial interest, encouraging further study of the poorly understood diversity of microbial life in these habitats.
Palabras chave
Metagenomics
Hot springs
Thermophiles
Hot springs
Thermophiles
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Reconocimiento 3.0
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2075-1729