Foreword Metagenomics: Methods & Challenges Towards a More Complete Metagenomics Toolkit Analyzing Metagenomic Data: Inferring Microbial Community Function with MG-RAST Automatic Annotation of Microbial Genomes & Metagenomic Sequences Next-Generation & Future DNA Sequencing Technologies & Metagenomics Comparison of De Novo Short Read Assemblers on Simulated Metagenomic Data Submetagenomics: Selective Sampling of Metagenomic Subsets of Interest Dynamics of the Rumen Microbiota Detection of Functional Shifts in the Rumen Microbiota in Response to Propionate Intake in Cattle Carbohydrate Actives Enzymes Derived from Metagenomes: From Microbial Ecology to Enzymology An Evolutionary Ecology Perspective on Comparative Metagenomics Interactions of the Gut Microbiota & its Host in the Context of Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Diseases Metagenomic Analysis of Human Gut Microbiota Emerging Relevance of Metagenomics in Medicine Metagenomic Gene Discovery Emerging Techniques for Metagenome Screening Viral Metagenomics: From Fish Slime to the World Exploration of a Microbial Community for Novel Genetic Resources using Activity-Based Screening of a Metagenomic Library Microbial Communities in Crude Petroleum Oils & Metagenomics Environmental Metaproteomics: Identifying the Protein Machinery that Impact the Activities & Interactions of Microbes in Isolation or Communities Index.