Assessing species biomass contributions in microbial communities via metaproteomics

Manuel Kleiner; Erin Thorson; Christine E. Sharp; Xiaoli Dong; Dan Liu; Carmen Li; Marc Strous

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01544-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Assessing species biomass contributions in microbial communities via metaproteomics

Manuel Kleiner,
Erin Thorson,
Christine E. Sharp,
Xiaoli Dong,
Dan Liu,
Carmen Li,
Marc Strous

Affiliations

Manuel Kleiner: Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Erin Thorson: Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Christine E. Sharp: Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Xiaoli Dong: Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Dan Liu: Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Carmen Li: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
Marc Strous: Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01544-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Convenient methods for assessing microbial community structure in terms of biomass are lacking. Here, the authors present a metaproteomics-based approach for assessing microbial community structure using protein abundance as a measure for biomass contributions of individual populations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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