Microbial Genomics in the Omics Era
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2026) | Viewed by 4076
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The unprecedented growth of microbial DNA/RNA sequences in the past fifty years is accompanied by an ever-growing need to analyze vast quantities of such data rapidly and accurately. There have been signficant advances in DNA sequencing technology in recent decades, moving from the traditional Sanger sequencing to a number of high-throughput next-generation sequencing technologies. Alongside the rapid generation of microbial DNA/RNA sequences, other biological data have expanded rapidly, such as protein sequences and protein structures. Analyzing vast quantities of these biological data in order to decipher their meaning, test hypotheses and generate novel ideas requires the most advanced bioinformatics tools. Thirty years ago, some knowledge of computer programming and inputing commands was required in order to use state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools. However, in the last twenty years, bioinformatics tools have gradually become more user-friendly. In this Special Issue, we aim to collect original research articles and reviews that involve the development and use of these bioinformatics tools in the study of microbial species, their community structure, interactions and functional attributes.
Dr. Surajit De Mandal
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbe
- bioinformatics
- DNA
- RNA
- protein
- sequencing
- structure
- omics
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