Concisely discussing the application of high throughput analysis to move forward our
understanding of microbial principles Metagenomics for Microbiology provides a solid base for
the design and analysis of omics studies for the characterization of microbial consortia. The
intended audience includes clinical and environmental microbiologists molecular biologists
infectious disease experts statisticians biostatisticians and public health scientists. This
book focuses on the technological underpinnings of metagenomic approaches and their conceptual
and practical applications. With the next-generation genomic sequencing revolution increasingly
permitting researchers to decipher the coding information of the microbes living with us we
now have a unique capacity to compare multiple sites within individuals and at higher
resolution and greater throughput than hitherto possible. The recent articulation of this
paradigm points to unique possibilities for investigation of our dynamic relationship with
these cellular communities and excitingly the probing of their therapeutic potential in
disease prevention or treatment of the future.
