Analysis of Lactobacillaceae metagenome sequences

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the study of the Lactobacillaceae family and its role in microbial environments with particular emphasis on compost-related systems. It covers the biological characteristics, ecological importance, and functional diversity of this group of bacteria. In addition, the work involves the analysis of assembled metagenomic contigs using bioinformatic tools. Sequence identification was carried out using the BLAST tool against the Core Nucleotide and RefSeq Genome databases. The aim of the study is to demonstrate how molecular and bioinformatic approaches can be applied to the classification and understanding of bacterial communities.