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Metagenomics in Biotechnology

Environmental, Industrial, and Clinical Applications

  • 1st Edition - April 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Abd El-Latif Hesham, Samir I. Gadow, Minaxi Sharma, Deepti Diwan
  • Language: English

Metagenomics in Biotechnology: Environmental, Industrial, and Clinical Applications provides a comprehensive understanding of metagenomic biotechnology, including its underl… Read more

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Description

Metagenomics in Biotechnology: Environmental, Industrial, and Clinical Applications provides a comprehensive understanding of metagenomic biotechnology, including its underlying principles, techniques, and tools used for data analysis. It explores how metagenomics plays a crucial role in environmental and industrial applications, such as the identification and quantification of microbial communities, the bioremediation of pollutants, biofuel development, and sustainable agriculture. The book also delves into the clinical implications of metagenomics, from technological advancements, pathogen identification, detection, drug discovery, and development. This understanding helps aid in the design and implementation of innovative solutions to environmental, industrial, and clinical challenges. With current trends, challenges, and solutions in metagenomics rounding out the coverage, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and professionals looking to deepen their knowledge of the various techniques used for data analysis and further leverage the potential of metagenomic biotechnology.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive understanding of metagenomic biotechnology, including its underlying principles, techniques, and tools used for data analysis
  • Explores the latest research findings and practical applications of metagenomic biotechnology, offering insights into new areas of study and potential solutions to environmental, industrial, and clinical challenges
  • Examines and considers the future of metagenomic biotechnology, highlighting the potential for innovation in the field of biotechnology and development of sustainable solutions

Readership

Researchers, professionals, academics, and students in the field of biotechnology, microbiology, environmental science, and related areas with an interest in the cutting-edge technology and innovative applications of environmental metagenomic biotechnology

Table of contents

Part I: Basics, Concepts, Methods, and Trends in Metagenomics

1. What Is Metagenomics and Why?

2. Exploring Biodiversity and Leveraging an Application-Based Approach to Metagenomics

3. Novel Metagenomics Techniques and Challenges

4. Bioinformatics and Microbial Metagenomics: Recent Advancements and Applications

Part II: Environment and Industrial Applications

5. Role Of Metagenomics in Quantification and Identification of Microbial Communities

6. Recent Trends in Metagenomics for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals

7. Microbial Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: Recent Advancements in Metagenomics

8. Metagenomics: Isolation and Identification of Bioactive Metabolites from Microorganisms

9. Soil Metagenomics and Climate Change

10. Applied Metagenomics for Biofuel Development

11. Metagenomics And Enzyme Production

12. The Role of Metagenomics in Sustainable Agriculture

13. The Role of Metagenomics in Solid Waste Management

14. Application of Metagenomics in Wastewater Treatment

15. Applications of Metagenomics in Isolation of Extremophiles

16. Insights of Metagenomics for Exploring Microbial Communities in Plants

17. Metagenomics: The Importance of the Marine Microbiome

Part III: Clinical

18. Clinical Metagenomics: Technological Advancements

19. Applications Of Metagenomics in Gut Microbiome Identification

20. Role Of Metagenomics in Parasitic Detection

21. Emerging Metagenomics Tools: Quantification of Contaminants of Food Borne Pathogens

22. Application of Metagenomics in Monitoring Human-Associated Bacterial Communities: to Support Human Immune System

23. Metagenomics in Drug Discovery and Development

Part IV: Conclusion

24. Current Trends, Various Challenges, and their Solutions in Metagenomics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Abd El-Latif Hesham

Prof. Abd El-Latif Hesham is currently a Full Professor of Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta-Genome Biotechnology and Head of the Genetics Department at Beni-Suef University (BSU), Egypt. He earned a PhD from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has authored over 100 publications in esteemed journals, two books, and a number of book chapters and contributed to international research projects in microbial genetics and applied biotechnology. Prof. Hesham is actively involved in various committees, conferences, and societies globally, receiving recognition for his work through prestigious awards and appointments including Country Representative for Egypt and the Arab Counties by the International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Society (IBBS), UK, which is part of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS). He also serves as an editorial board member for a number of journals including Scientific Reports, Current Bioinformatics, Frontiers in Microbiology, and International Journal of Genomics and Biocatalysis.

Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor and Head of the Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

SG

Samir I. Gadow

Dr. Samir I. Gadow is currently an Associate Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the National Research Centre in Cairo, Egypt. He received his PhD degree in Environmental Studies from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan where he is conducting research activities in the areas of waste and wastewater management with a special focus on bioreactor technology and wastewater engineering. Dr. Gadow’s research activities concern the development of an innovative bioreactor system for wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery with energy saving in mind. He has published more than 30 papers in journals and conferences proceedings. Dr. Gadow has gained multinational experience through working in diversified bilingual environments and participating in several international conferences, fairs, and multicultural-oriented programs.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, National Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Agriculture and Biology Research Division, Cairo, Egypt

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Minaxi Sharma

Dr. Minaxi Sharma is currently working as an ‘Assistant Professor in Smart Food’ at China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China (CBI-UNNC), Ningbo, China. Her research area is dedicated to advancing the future of the food by developing cutting-edge food processing technologies, nanoencapsulation strategies, 3D food printing, and innovative green extraction methods for food waste valorization to develop smart and functional foods. Dr. Sharma has been awarded with ‘Young Scientist Award’; with prestigious “The BEWARE Fellowship” co-funded by the Marie Actions Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) of the European Commission from 2021-2024 (Belgium), and have been listed among World’s Top 2% Scientists by Elsevier and Stanford University ranking (2023, 2025). She is the editor of few international journals including, Scientific Reports, Biofuel Research Journal, Journal of Food Biochemistry, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Indian Journal of Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, etc.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor in Smart Food, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), China

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Deepti Diwan

Dr. Deepti Diwan is a research instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University School of medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Diwan has garnered more than ten years of multidisciplinary research experience in diverse fields, including cancer, epigenetics, erythropoiesis, genomics, hemorrhagic stroke, microbiology/virology, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, protein-carbohydrate interactions, and radiation biology. She contributed to numerous research and review articles and presented academic and research-based papers at several national and international conferences. She also serves as an editor of international journals, namely, Biomaterials and Polymers Horizon, Nanofabrication, and Microbial Biosystems. Dr. Diwan and her group developed Genome Profiling (GP) technology and Microarray-with-Manageable Volumes (MMV) techniques. They were the first to successfully test the application of GP and MMV at the single-cell level to detect intra-organism differences.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Instructor, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, USA