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Title: Current challenges in plant eco-metabolomics
Author(s): Peters, KristianLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Worrich, AnjaLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Weinhold, AlexanderLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Alka, Oliver
Balcke, Gerd UlrichLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Birkemeyer, ClaudiaLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Bruelheide, HelgeLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Calf, Onno W.
Dietz, SophieLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Dührkop, KaiLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Gaquerel, EmmanuelLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Heinig, Uwe HerbertLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Kücklich, Marlen
Macel, Mirka
Müller, Caroline
Poeschl, Yvonne
Pohnert, GeorgLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Ristok, Christian
Rodríguez, Victor Manuel
Ruttkies, Christoph
Schuman, Meredith ChristineLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Schweiger, RabeaLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Shahaf, Nir
Steinbeck, Christoph
Tortosa, Maria
Treutler, Hendrik
Ueberschaar, NicoLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Velasco, Pablo
Weiß, Brigitte M.
Widdig, AnjaLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Neumann, Steffen
Dam van, Nicole M.
Issue Date: 2018
Type: Article
Language: English
Abstract: The relatively new research discipline of Eco-Metabolomics is the application of metabolomics techniques to ecology with the aim to characterise biochemical interactions of organisms across different spatial and temporal scales. Metabolomics is an untargeted biochemical approach to measure many thousands of metabolites in different species, including plants and animals. Changes in metabolite concentrations can provide mechanistic evidence for biochemical processes that are relevant at ecological scales. These include physiological, phenotypic and morphological responses of plants and communities to environmental changes and also interactions with other organisms. Traditionally, research in biochemistry and ecology comes from two different directions and is performed at distinct spatiotemporal scales. Biochemical studies most often focus on intrinsic processes in individuals at physiological and cellular scales. Generally, they take a bottom-up approach scaling up cellular processes from spatiotemporally fine to coarser scales. Ecological studies usually focus on extrinsic processes acting upon organisms at population and community scales and typically study top-down and bottom-up processes in combination. Eco-Metabolomics is a transdisciplinary research discipline that links biochemistry and ecology and connects the distinct spatiotemporal scales. In this review, we focus on approaches to study chemical and biochemical interactions of plants at various ecological levels, mainly plant–organismal interactions, and discuss related examples from other domains. We present recent developments and highlight advancements in Eco-Metabolomics over the last decade from various angles. We further address the five key challenges: (1) complex experimental designs and large variation of metabolite profiles; (2) feature extraction; (3) metabolite identification; (4) statistical analyses; and (5) bioinformatics software tools and workflows. The presented solutions to these challenges will advance connecting the distinct spatiotemporal scales and bridging biochemistry and ecology.
URI: https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/119719
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/117759
Open Access: Open access publication
License: (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0(CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Journal Title: International journal of molecular sciences
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
Publisher Place: Basel
Volume: 19
Issue: 5
Original Publication: 10.3390/ijms19051385
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