Metabolome-ionome-biomass interactions

Interspecies Interactions Stimulate Diversification of the Streptomyces coelicolor Secreted Metabolome

UNLABELLED Soils host diverse microbial communities that include filamentous actinobacteria (actinomycetes). These bacteria have been a rich source of useful metabolites, including antimicrobials, antifungals, anticancer agents, siderophores, and immunosuppressants. While humans have long exploited these compounds for therapeutic purposes, the role these natural products may play in mediating i...

Update on Plant Ionomics Update on Plant Ionomics

Living systems are supported and sustained by the genome through the action of the transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and ionome, the four basic biochemical pillars of functional genomics. These pillars represent the sum of all the expressed genes, proteins, metabolites, and elements within an organism. The dynamic response and interaction of these biochemical ‘‘omes’’ defines how a living sy...

Update on plant ionomics.

Living systems are supported and sustained by the genome through the action of the transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and ionome, the four basic biochemical pillars of functional genomics. These pillars represent the sum of all the expressed genes, proteins, metabolites, and elements within an organism. The dynamic response and interaction of these biochemical ‘‘omes’’ defines how a living sy...

The plant ionome coming into focus.

The Plant Ionome Revisited by the Nutrient Balance Concept

Tissue analysis is commonly used in ecology and agronomy to portray plant nutrient signatures. Nutrient concentration data, or ionomes, belongs to the compositional data class, i.e., multivariate data that are proportions of some whole, hence carrying important numerical properties. Statistics computed across raw or ordinary log-transformed nutrient data are intrinsically biased, hence possibly...