title: Metabolomic analysis of soil communities can be used for pollution assessment.
abstract: Metabolic profiling can be used to assess the changes in biochemical profiles of soil communities living in contaminated sites. The term "community metabolomics" is proposed for the application of metabolomics techniques to the study of the entire community of a soil sample. The authors anticipate the present study to be a starting point for the use of this technique to assess how communities respond to factors such as pollution and climate change.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Oliver A H
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sdepanian
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lofts
authors.forename: Claus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Svendsen
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Spurgeon
authors.forename: Mahon L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: Julian L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D055432:Metabolomics; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D008906:Mining; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002241:Carbohydrates; D008670:Metals; D009711:Nucleotides; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002244:Carbon
keywords: Invertebrate; Metabolomics; Microbe; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Pollution; Soil