Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity?
Fragrances and malodors are ubiquitous in the environment, arising from natural and artificial processes, by the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Although VOCs constitute only a fraction of the metabolites produced by an organism, the detection of VOCs has a broad range of civilian,...
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| author | Komandoor E. Achyuthan Jason C. Harper Ronald P. Manginell Matthew W. Moorman |
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| description | Fragrances and malodors are ubiquitous in the environment, arising from natural and artificial processes, by the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Although VOCs constitute only a fraction of the metabolites produced by an organism, the detection of VOCs has a broad range of civilian, industrial, military, medical, and national security applications. The VOC metabolic profile of an organism has been referred to as its ‘volatilome’ (or ‘volatome’) and the study of volatilome/volatome is characterized as ‘volatilomics’, a relatively new category in the ‘omics’ arena. There is considerable literature on VOCs extracted destructively from microalgae for applications such as food, natural products chemistry, and biofuels. VOC emissions from living (in vivo) microalgae too are being increasingly appreciated as potential real-time indicators of the organism’s state of health (SoH) along with their contributions to the environment and ecology. This review summarizes VOC emissions from in vivo microalgae; tools and techniques for the collection, storage, transport, detection, and pattern analysis of VOC emissions; linking certain VOCs to biosynthetic/metabolic pathways; and the role of VOCs in microalgae growth, infochemical activities, predator-prey interactions, and general SoH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9892bb031605400693973dd084d270bb2022-12-21T17:57:03ZengMDPI AGMetabolites2218-19892017-07-01733910.3390/metabo7030039metabo7030039Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity?Komandoor E. Achyuthan0Jason C. Harper1Ronald P. Manginell2Matthew W. Moorman3Nano and Microsensors Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USABioenergy and Defense Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USANano and Microsensors Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USANano and Microsensors Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USAFragrances and malodors are ubiquitous in the environment, arising from natural and artificial processes, by the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Although VOCs constitute only a fraction of the metabolites produced by an organism, the detection of VOCs has a broad range of civilian, industrial, military, medical, and national security applications. The VOC metabolic profile of an organism has been referred to as its ‘volatilome’ (or ‘volatome’) and the study of volatilome/volatome is characterized as ‘volatilomics’, a relatively new category in the ‘omics’ arena. There is considerable literature on VOCs extracted destructively from microalgae for applications such as food, natural products chemistry, and biofuels. VOC emissions from living (in vivo) microalgae too are being increasingly appreciated as potential real-time indicators of the organism’s state of health (SoH) along with their contributions to the environment and ecology. This review summarizes VOC emissions from in vivo microalgae; tools and techniques for the collection, storage, transport, detection, and pattern analysis of VOC emissions; linking certain VOCs to biosynthetic/metabolic pathways; and the role of VOCs in microalgae growth, infochemical activities, predator-prey interactions, and general SoH.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/7/3/39volatile organic compoundVOCmicroalgaein vivo emissionvolatilomevolatilomicsvolatomevolatile metabolites |
| spellingShingle | Komandoor E. Achyuthan Jason C. Harper Ronald P. Manginell Matthew W. Moorman Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity? Metabolites volatile organic compound VOC microalgae in vivo emission volatilome volatilomics volatome volatile metabolites |
| title | Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity? |
| title_full | Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity? |
| title_fullStr | Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity? |
| title_short | Volatile Metabolites Emission by In Vivo Microalgae—An Overlooked Opportunity? |
| title_sort | volatile metabolites emission by in vivo microalgae an overlooked opportunity |
| topic | volatile organic compound VOC microalgae in vivo emission volatilome volatilomics volatome volatile metabolites |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/7/3/39 |
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