Bioinformatics: A New Insight Tool to Deal
with Environment Management
8
Jinny Tomar
Abstract
The role of microbes in soil and water based biodegradation and cleaning of the
environment has shown us the way to create and maintain a greener earth. The use
of bioinformatics based tools supports the study of bioremediation and suggested
promising results. Bioinformatics based applications allow to analyze data in
silico and also enables to study the sequences, their gene–gene interactions,
pathways involved, which directly indicate what kind of changes need to be
incorporated to increase/induce the changes in the genetic makeup of selective
plants and microbes to enhance the process of bioremediation.
8.1
Introduction
A lot has been said to protect the environment but in the current age of technology
and rise in population. It is practically not advisable to stay on the old practices to
manage the different kind of waste. The importance of introducing new age
techniques to provide a better mode of safety is crucial and this cannot happen
without introducing bioinformatics. Researchers these days are trying to focus on
increasing the natural ability of different microorganisms to reinstate the
environment.
When it comes to bioinformatics, it includes application of information technology, statistics, and biology to solve the various issues using in silico approach. The
basics are crucial as the study will not only allow collection of data, storage in a
systematic form, but will also emphasize on dissemination of the biological data
relevant to our environment. Application of Bioinformatics in environmental studies
is not limited to the study of genes which have been found effective in the process of
bioremediation but also in identifying the role in the pathways involved, the
J. Tomar (*)
Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Gurgaon, Manesar, Haryana, India
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
A. Singh et al. (eds.), Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7493-1_8
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with Environment Management
8
Jinny Tomar
Abstract
The role of microbes in soil and water based biodegradation and cleaning of the
environment has shown us the way to create and maintain a greener earth. The use
of bioinformatics based tools supports the study of bioremediation and suggested
promising results. Bioinformatics based applications allow to analyze data in
silico and also enables to study the sequences, their gene–gene interactions,
pathways involved, which directly indicate what kind of changes need to be
incorporated to increase/induce the changes in the genetic makeup of selective
plants and microbes to enhance the process of bioremediation.
8.1
Introduction
A lot has been said to protect the environment but in the current age of technology
and rise in population. It is practically not advisable to stay on the old practices to
manage the different kind of waste. The importance of introducing new age
techniques to provide a better mode of safety is crucial and this cannot happen
without introducing bioinformatics. Researchers these days are trying to focus on
increasing the natural ability of different microorganisms to reinstate the
environment.
When it comes to bioinformatics, it includes application of information technology, statistics, and biology to solve the various issues using in silico approach. The
basics are crucial as the study will not only allow collection of data, storage in a
systematic form, but will also emphasize on dissemination of the biological data
relevant to our environment. Application of Bioinformatics in environmental studies
is not limited to the study of genes which have been found effective in the process of
bioremediation but also in identifying the role in the pathways involved, the
J. Tomar (*)
Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Gurgaon, Manesar, Haryana, India
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
A. Singh et al. (eds.), Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7493-1_8
155