Computational Methods For Understanding Bacterial And Archaeal Genomes
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| Title: | Computational Methods For Understanding Bacterial And Archaeal Genomes |
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| Description: | Over 500 prokaryotic genomes have been sequenced to date, and thousands more have been planned for the next few years. While these genomic sequence data provide unprecedented opportunities for biologists to study the world of prokaryotes, they also raise extremely challenging issues such as how to decode the rich information encoded in these genomes. This comprehensive volume includes a collection of cohesively written chapters on prokaryotic genomes, their organization and evolution, the information they encode, and the computational approaches needed to derive such information. A comparative view of bacterial and archaeal genomes, and how information is encoded differently in them, is also presented. Combining theoretical discussions and computational techniques, the book serves as a valuable introductory textbook for graduate-level microbial genomics and informatics courses. |
| Authors: | Ying Xu, Johann Peter Gogarten |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Prokaryotes--Textbooks, Computational biology--Textbooks, Microbial genetics--Data processing--Textbooks, Bacterial genomes--Data processing--Textbooks, Bacterial genomes, Microbial genetics |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Biotechnology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Over 500 prokaryotic genomes have been sequenced to date, and thousands more have been planned for the next few years. While these genomic sequence data provide unprecedented opportunities for biologists to study the world of prokaryotes, they also raise extremely challenging issues such as how to decode the rich information encoded in these genomes. This comprehensive volume includes a collection of cohesively written chapters on prokaryotic genomes, their organization and evolution, the information they encode, and the computational approaches needed to derive such information. A comparative view of bacterial and archaeal genomes, and how information is encoded differently in them, is also presented. Combining theoretical discussions and computational techniques, the book serves as a valuable introductory textbook for graduate-level microbial genomics and informatics courses. |
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| ISBN: | 9781860949821 9781860949838 |
