Exploring the metabolic state of microorganisms using metabolomics

Bioanalysis

Volumn 3, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2443-2458

  Merlo, Me ^a   Jankevics, A ^a,b   Takano, E ^a   Breitling, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; FUNGI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 81055144371     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.11.248     Document Type: Review

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