• Purnima Sharma

Microbes influence almost every process of life in one or the other way. We have been employing various techniques to study microbial communities and their interactions with the environment. With advances in molecular biology, we are now able to study microbes which were unculturable a few decades ago. The study of microbial communities by sequencing DNA samples from various ecological niches is called metagenomics. Parallel advancements in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies have made it possible to explore complex biological samples cost-effectively. Generation of billions of reads in a single NGS run poses a significant challenge to store, manage and analyze this vast data. Development of novel bioinformatics applications, specifically for metagenomics data, is therefore vital to assign biological significance to metagenomics data. Science of meta-genomics makes it possible to investigate resource for the development of novel genes, enzymes and chemical compounds for use in biotechnology. Microbes, as communities, are key players in maintaining environmental stability.

Metagenomics: A New Approach to Explore Microbiome

"Metagenomics: A New Approach to Explore Microbiome ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 7, page no.1049-1066, July-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912142.pdf

"Metagenomics: A New Approach to Explore Microbiome ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 7, page no. pp1049-1066, July-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912142.pdf