Chapter title |
Metatranscriptomic Techniques for Identifying Cellulases in Termites and their Symbionts
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Chapter number | 7 |
Book title |
Cellulases
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7877-9_7 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7876-2, 978-1-4939-7877-9
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Authors |
Brittany F. Peterson, Michael E. Scharf, Peterson, Brittany F., Scharf, Michael E. |
Abstract |
Characterizing symbiotic communities, like that of the termite hindgut, is essential for understanding their functionality and capabilities. However, the same complexity that allows termites to digest wood so efficiently also makes them difficult to study. With the expansion in technology and sequencing strategies the feasibility of sequencing entire consortiums or microecosystems is now possible. Here we present an adapted library preparation strategy which allows for the detection and measurement of expressed genes from all three domains of life in a single sample simultaneously. This technique effectively captures the transcriptome contributions by the various members of the consortium regardless of their taxonomic identity, which can then be annotated using custom-built databases and reciprocal BLASTing. Joining the universality of this library prep strategy with the power of bioinformatics allows for the identification of cellulases and other genes encoding carbohydrate active enzymes from complex communities using metatranscriptomics. |
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