Title |
Integration of bioinformatics to biodegradation
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Published in |
Biological Procedures Online, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1480-9222-16-8 |
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Authors |
Pankaj Kumar Arora, Hanhong Bae |
Abstract |
Bioinformatics and biodegradation are two primary scientific fields in applied microbiology and biotechnology. The present review describes development of various bioinformatics tools that may be applied in the field of biodegradation. Several databases, including the University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database (UM-BBD), a database of biodegradative oxygenases (OxDBase), Biodegradation Network-Molecular Biology Database (Bionemo) MetaCyc, and BioCyc have been developed to enable access to information related to biochemistry and genetics of microbial degradation. In addition, several bioinformatics tools for predicting toxicity and biodegradation of chemicals have been developed. Furthermore, the whole genomes of several potential degrading bacteria have been sequenced and annotated using bioinformatics tools. |
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Chemistry | 3 | 2% |
Other | 8 | 7% |
Unknown | 43 | 35% |