Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism

Microbes play a very important role in each individual. The microbial communities and its genetic blueprint greatly influence in many human diseases. Most of the microbe populations are grow in an individual’s gut. Therefore, metagenomics studies on gut microbes are essential to understand the micro...

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Main Authors: Sukumaran, Salinii Nair, Azmi, Aida Azrina, Yoke, Kqueen Cheah
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Language:English
Published: Hibiscus Publisher 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74946/
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author Sukumaran, Salinii Nair
Azmi, Aida Azrina
Yoke, Kqueen Cheah
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Azmi, Aida Azrina
Yoke, Kqueen Cheah
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description Microbes play a very important role in each individual. The microbial communities and its genetic blueprint greatly influence in many human diseases. Most of the microbe populations are grow in an individual’s gut. Therefore, metagenomics studies on gut microbes are essential to understand the microbial diversity in gut and the knowledge on microbial composition associates with terrestrial animals will be very important for further understand nutrition, diseases and physiological state. Besides, the availability of next generation sequencing technologies gives a better understanding on gut microbiotas communities compare to the first generation sequencing. This paper, we suggested snakes as a model to study microbial metagenomics due to its various compounds can help to cure various illnesses, even kill off unwanted germs from body. Therefore, this paper mainly review on snake gut microbes, secondary metabolites produce by microbes and the benefits of molecular technologies used in metagenomics which can be useful in medical industries and treatment of infectious diseases.
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spelling upm-749462020-04-20T16:47:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74946/ Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism Sukumaran, Salinii Nair Azmi, Aida Azrina Yoke, Kqueen Cheah Microbes play a very important role in each individual. The microbial communities and its genetic blueprint greatly influence in many human diseases. Most of the microbe populations are grow in an individual’s gut. Therefore, metagenomics studies on gut microbes are essential to understand the microbial diversity in gut and the knowledge on microbial composition associates with terrestrial animals will be very important for further understand nutrition, diseases and physiological state. Besides, the availability of next generation sequencing technologies gives a better understanding on gut microbiotas communities compare to the first generation sequencing. This paper, we suggested snakes as a model to study microbial metagenomics due to its various compounds can help to cure various illnesses, even kill off unwanted germs from body. Therefore, this paper mainly review on snake gut microbes, secondary metabolites produce by microbes and the benefits of molecular technologies used in metagenomics which can be useful in medical industries and treatment of infectious diseases. Hibiscus Publisher 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74946/1/Metagenomic%20studies%20of%20the%20gut%20microbiota%20the%20snake%20gut%20microbiota%20as%20a%20model%20organism.pdf Sukumaran, Salinii Nair and Azmi, Aida Azrina and Yoke, Kqueen Cheah (2018) Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism. Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, 6 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2289-5779
spellingShingle Sukumaran, Salinii Nair
Azmi, Aida Azrina
Yoke, Kqueen Cheah
Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
title Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
title_full Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
title_fullStr Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
title_full_unstemmed Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
title_short Metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
title_sort metagenomic studies of the gut microbiota: the snake gut microbiota as a model organism
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74946/
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