Title: Culture Independent Diversity Analysis of Soil Microbial Community and their Significance
Abstract: Soil is considered as one of the richest source of microbes on the earth. Understanding microbial diversity of soil is a daunting and challenging task. The culture-independent techniques have revealed that the soil microbial diversity is much larger than was understood through culture-dependent techniques. Various DNA- and RNA-based techniques have revolutionized our understanding of soil microbial diversity. This chapter deals with the major culture-independent methods used for the study of soil microbial diversity, their advantages and limitations and advent of metagenomics in microbial diversity studies. Significance of culture-independent techniques in conservation of microbes has also been discussed.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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