Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijmm.2016.03.007 |
| Title (Primary) | Optimization of metabolomics of defined in vitro gut microbial ecosystems |
| Author | Wissenbach, D.K.; Oliphant, K.; Rolle-Kampczyk, U.; Yen, S.; Höke, H.; Baumann, S.; Haange, S.B.
; Verdu, E.F.; Allen-Vercoe, E.; von Bergen, M. |
| Source Titel | International Journal of Medical Microbiology |
| Year | 2016 |
| Department | MOLSYB |
| Volume | 306 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Page From | 280 |
| Page To | 289 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Human gut microbiota; Bioreactor; Metabolic profiling; Metabolomics; LC–MS/MS; 1H NMR |
| UFZ wide themes | RU3; |
| Abstract | The metabolic functionality of a microbial community is
a key to the understanding of its inherent ecological processes and the
interaction with the host. However, the study of the human gut
microbiota is hindered by the complexity of this ecosystem. One way to
resolve this issue is to derive defined communities that may be cultured
ex vivo in bioreactor systems and used to approximate the
native ecosystem. Doing so has the advantage of experimental
reproducibility and ease of sampling, and furthermore, in-depth analysis
of metabolic processes becomes highly accessible. Here, we review the use of bioreactor systems for ex vivo modelling of the human gut microbiota with respect to analysis of the metabolic output of the microbial ecosystem, and discuss the possibility of mechanistic insights using these combined techniques. We summarize the different platforms currently used for metabolomics and suitable for analysis of gut microbiota samples from a bioreactor system. With the help of representative datasets obtained from a series of bioreactor runs, we compare the outputs of both NMR and mass spectrometry based approaches in terms of their coverage, sensitivity and quantification. We also discuss the use of untargeted and targeted analyses in mass spectroscopy and how these techniques can be combined for optimal biological interpretation. Potential solutions for linking metabolomic and phylogenetic datasets with regards to active, key species within the ecosystem will be presented. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=17282 |
| Wissenbach, D.K., Oliphant, K., Rolle-Kampczyk, U., Yen, S., Höke, H., Baumann, S., Haange, S.B., Verdu, E.F., Allen-Vercoe, E., von Bergen, M. (2016): Optimization of metabolomics of defined in vitro gut microbial ecosystems Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 306 (5), 280 - 289 10.1016/j.ijmm.2016.03.007 |
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