McCormack (Allecure Corp., US) and Galas (Keck Graduate Institute, US) present 12 contributions that examine the technology used to study the whole genome at a holistic level. The editors first provide a historical perspective on the growth of the technologies, while contributors then look at broad

Intended for microbiologists, biotechnologists, and genome researchers, this guide to current research contains comprehensive reviews of the genomics of Rhodococcus, Mycobacterium, Streptomyces and other organisms. It describes many aspects of large-scale functional investigations in a variety of ba

Eleven research papers explore a range of topics within the realm of computational biology (often referred to as bioinformatics). Galperin and Koonin (both of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, US) have selected the material to highlight straightforward methods for gene identificatio