Progress and challenges in exploring aquatic microbial communities using non-targeted metabolomics
Monica Thukral, Andrew E. Allen, Daniel Petras
Abstract
Advances in bioanalytical technologies are constantly expanding our insights into complex ecosystems. Here, we highlight strategies and applications that make use of non-targeted metabolomics methods in aquatic chemical ecology research and discuss opportunities and remaining challenges of mass spectrometry-based methods to broaden our understanding of environmental systems.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyMetabolomicsMicrobial ecologyComputational biologyEcologyBiotechnologyBioinformaticsBacteriaGeneticsMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies