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Peters, Kristian [Author]; Worrich, Anja [Author]; Weinhold, Alexander [Author]; Alka, Oliver [Author]; Balcke, Gerd [Author]; Birkemeyer, Claudia [Author]; Bruelheide, Helge [Author]; Calf, Onno W. [Author]; Dietz, Sophie [Author]; Dührkop, Kai [Author]; Gaquerel, Emmanuel [Author]; Heinig, Uwe [Author]; Kücklich, Marlen [Author]; Macel, Mirka [Author]; Müller, Caroline [Author]; Poeschl, Yvonne [Author]; Pohnert, Georg [Author]; Ristok, Christian [Author]; Rodriguez, Victor Manuel [Author]; Ruttkies, Christoph [Author]; Schuman, Meredith [Author]; Schweiger, Rabea [Author]; Shahaf, Nir [Author]; Steinbeck, Christoph [Author]; [...]

Current Challenges in Plant Eco-Metabolomics

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Current Challenges in Plant Eco-Metabolomics
  • Contributor: Peters, Kristian [Author]; Worrich, Anja [Author]; Weinhold, Alexander [Author]; Alka, Oliver [Author]; Balcke, Gerd [Author]; Birkemeyer, Claudia [Author]; Bruelheide, Helge [Author]; Calf, Onno W. [Author]; Dietz, Sophie [Author]; Dührkop, Kai [Author]; Gaquerel, Emmanuel [Author]; Heinig, Uwe [Author]; Kücklich, Marlen [Author]; Macel, Mirka [Author]; Müller, Caroline [Author]; Poeschl, Yvonne [Author]; Pohnert, Georg [Author]; Ristok, Christian [Author]; Rodriguez, Victor Manuel [Author]; Ruttkies, Christoph [Author]; Schuman, Meredith [Author]; Schweiger, Rabea [Author]; Shahaf, Nir [Author]; Steinbeck, Christoph [Author]; [...]
  • Published: Basel: MDPI, [2024]
  • Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences ; 19, (2018)
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: biochemistry ; ecology ; bioinformatics ; metabolites ; ecometabolomics
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  • Description: The relatively new research discipline of Eco-Metabolomics is the application ofmetabolomics techniques to ecology with the aim to characterise biochemical interactions oforganisms across different spatial and temporal scales. Metabolomics is an untargeted biochemicalapproach to measure many thousands of metabolites in different species, including plants and animals.Changes in metabolite concentrations can provide mechanistic evidence for biochemical processesthat are relevant at ecological scales. These include physiological, phenotypic and morphologicalresponses of plants and communities to environmental changes and also interactions with otherorganisms. Traditionally, research in biochemistry and ecology comes from two different directionsand is performed at distinct spatiotemporal scales. Biochemical studies most often focus on intrinsicprocesses in individuals at physiological and cellular scales. Generally, they take a bottom-upapproach scaling up cellular processes from spatiotemporally fine to coarser scales. Ecological studiesusually focus on extrinsic processes acting upon organisms at population and community scalesand typically study top-down and bottom-up processes in combination. Eco-Metabolomics is atransdisciplinary research discipline that links biochemistry and ecology and connects the distinctspatiotemporal scales. In this review, we focus on approaches to study chemical and biochemicalinteractions of plants at various ecological levels, mainly plant–organismal interactions, and discussrelated examples from other domains. We present recent developments and highlight advancementsin Eco-Metabolomics over the last decade from various angles. We further address the five keychallenges: (1) complex experimental designs and large variation of metabolite profiles; (2) featureextraction; (3) metabolite identification; (4) statistical analyses; and (5) bioinformatics software toolsand workflows. The presented solutions to these challenges will advance connecting the distinctspatiotemporal scales and bridging biochemistry and ecology.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)