This Ebook will focus on the biology of small things, but what is microbiology? Microbiology could be defined as the study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye. However, the recent discovery of bacteria of over 1 mm in size has made this definition somewhat inaccurate and in the grand tradition of science, a new definition is in order. We will consider microbiology to be the study of organisms that can exist as single cells or entities containing a nucleic acid genome for at least some part of their life cycle and are capable of replicating that genome.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science supports innovative high-impact and peer-reviewed science. Its missions include a range of such difficult challenges as environmental-waste cleanup, energy production, carbon sequestration, and biotechnology. To aid in carrying out its missions, DOE initiated the Microbial Genome Program (MGP)
Understand the basic statistical calculations common to the study of population genetics, that provide the basis for evaluating individual and population genetic variability.
Today, scientists have in hand the complete DNA sequences of genomes for many organisms—from microbes to plants to humans. The U.S. Department of Energy's Genomics:GTL program will use the new genomic data and high-throughput technologies for studying the proteins encoded by the genome to explore the amazingly diverse natural capabilities in microbes.
Research is carried out across a broad range of disciplines and topics, from plant metabolism to gene sequencing to chemical synthesis [Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)]
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