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Concentration of Metabolites from Low-density Planktonic Communities for Environmental Metabolomics using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Concentration of Metabolites from Low-density Planktonic Communities for Environmental Metabolomics using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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11:47 min

April 07, 2012

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  • 00:02Title
  • 01:28Preparation of filters to remove extractables and filtration of sample for metabolite concentration
  • 04:44Extraction of aqueous-soluble metabolites
  • 07:48NMR spectroscopy and data analysis
  • 11:15Conclusions

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A method for metabolite extraction from microbial planktonic communities is presented. Whole community sampling is achieved by filtration onto specially prepared filters. After lyophilization, aqueous-soluble metabolites are extracted. This approach allows for application of environmental metabolomics to trans-omics investigations of natural or experimental microbial communities.

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