Assessing species biomass contributions in microbial communities via metaproteomics

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manuel Kleiner, Erin Thorson, Christine E. Sharp, Xiaoli Dong, Dan Liu, Carmen Li, Marc Strous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01544-x