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Meta-omics in Detection of Silkworm Gut Microbiome Diversity

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Microbial Genomics in Sustainable Agroecosystems

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Insect gut symbiotic microbiota plays an essential role in the growth, development, pathogenesis, and environmental adaptation of host insects. As such, the molecular and systems level analysis of insect gut symbiotic microbial community may aid in discovery of novel biocatalysts for biomass deconstruction and to develop innovative strategies for pest management. In this review, we focused on understanding the current knowledge on investigation of insect gut microbes, especially in silkworms, and their functional role in the insect gut environment. Genome analysis has emerged as a major tool to study the composition, function, and evolution of various microbiota. We have particularly explored the use of metagenomics and metaproteomics in the field of studying insect gut microbiota and the recent advances in this field toward exploring the insect gut symbionts.

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  1. Department of Sericulture, Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam, India

    Mohanraj Ponnusamy

  2. Department of Biotechnology, RVS Padmavathy College of Horticulture, Sempatti, Tamil Nadu, India

    Chinnan Velmurugan Karthikeyan

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Babu Ramanathan

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  1. Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vijay Tripathi

  2. Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India

    Pradeep Kumar

  3. Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Pooja Tripathi

  4. Department of Botany, Kamla Nehru P.G. College, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Amit Kishore

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    Madhu Kamle

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Ponnusamy, M., Karthikeyan, C.V., Ramanathan, B. (2019). Meta-omics in Detection of Silkworm Gut Microbiome Diversity. In: Tripathi, V., Kumar, P., Tripathi, P., Kishore, A., Kamle, M. (eds) Microbial Genomics in Sustainable Agroecosystems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9860-6_17

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