Genomics, Synthetic Biology, and Evolution | Chapter 10 of Brock Biology of Microorganisms
Genomics, Synthetic Biology, and Evolution | Chapter 10 of Brock Biology of Microorganisms Welcome to Last Minute Lecture . This post summarizes Chapter 10 of Brock Biology of Microorganisms , which focuses on how genomics and other omics technologies revolutionize our understanding of microbes. Learn how DNA sequencing, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and systems biology give us a complete view of microbial life — from single-cell analysis to environmental communities. 🎥 Watch the full podcast summary here: This chapter is critical for students interested in modern microbiology, bioinformatics, and synthetic biology applications in research and health. Genomics and Genome Annotation Sequencing technologies: Sanger, Illumina, Nanopore Genome assembly builds contigs and scaffolds from reads Annotation predicts gene functions using tools like BLAST Genome size in prokaryotes ≈ gene count (~1000 ORFs/Mbp) Public repositories: GenBank, GOLD Functio...