title: Integration of bioinformatics to biodegradation.
abstract: Bioinformatics and biodegradation are two primary scientific fields in applied microbiology and biotechnology. The present review describes development of various bioinformatics tools that may be applied in the field of biodegradation. Several databases, including the University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database (UM-BBD), a database of biodegradative oxygenases (OxDBase), Biodegradation Network-Molecular Biology Database (Bionemo) MetaCyc, and BioCyc have been developed to enable access to information related to biochemistry and genetics of microbial degradation. In addition, several bioinformatics tools for predicting toxicity and biodegradation of chemicals have been developed. Furthermore, the whole genomes of several potential degrading bacteria have been sequenced and annotated using bioinformatics tools.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Pankaj Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hanhong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bae