Module 11 EN

Metatranscriptomics is a high-throughput, culture-independent method for quantifying the levels of expressed mRNA from complex microbial communities.

The development of innovative biosensors for the differentiation of light and heavy lanthanides (Ln) is based on the combination of the following omics approaches:

Metatranscriptomics provides key information about actively expressed genes in a microbial community, as well as about microbial functions under the conditions existing at the time of sampling.

Proteomics is the large-scale study of all proteins that are expressed at a given time by all organisms in an ecosystem.

Metabolomics provides a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the metabolic products secreted from the microbial community under different environmental conditions.

Single omics approaches, such as genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, or metabolomic, can reveal the biological mechanisms of complex microbial communities in response to changes.

Metagenomics is a comprehensive approach to studying microbial communities through the analysis of genetic material obtained directly from environmental samples, without the need to cultivate specific species.

Fluxomics studies the dynamics of metabolic processes and provides information about the actual levels in metabolic networks, related to both normal cellular activity and in response to environmental changes.

Metagenomics helps answer the question "what is the composition of the microbial community under different conditions?"

Genomics studies the genetic material of entire communities of organisms.