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2023-1-BG01-KA220-HED-000155777 – DigiOmica

Welcome to your Module 4 EN

Analytical techniques used to track metabolites include: nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), FPLC, mass spectrometry, 1D-PAGE, mathematics, and computer science.

Metabolites are small molecules, such as amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleotides, and other end or intermediate products of metabolism, that play a key role in cellular processes.

What techniques and methods are used for environmental metabolomic studies?

What is metabolomics?

No major metabolomic changes are observed in bacteria exposed to heavy metals.

Ecometabolomics analyzes the metabolome, the total number of metabolites and their changes in response to environmental changes.

Metabolomics is used to characterize the toxicity of environmental pollutants and assess the risk of diseases resulting from these pollutants.

What types of stressors affect environmental metabolomics?

Metabolic engineering is a dynamic field in biology that focuses on changes in metabolic pathways in living organisms to create new or improved products or processes.

What is an ecological metabolomics study?