Untargeted metabolomic profiling of Sphagnum fallax reveals novel antimicrobial metabolites.

ABSTRACT: Sphagnum mosses dominate peatlands by employing harsh ecosystem tactics to prevent vascular plant growth and microbial degradation of these large carbon stores. Knowledge about Sphagnum-produced metabolites, their structure and their function, is important to better understand the mechanisms, underlying this carbon sequestration phenomenon in the face of climate variability. It is currently unclear which compounds are responsible for inhibition of organic matter decomposition and the mechanisms by which this inhibition occurs. Metabolite profiling of Sphagnum fallax was performed using two types of mass spectrometry (MS) systems and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H NMR). Lipidome profiling was performed using LC-MS/MS. A total of 655

SUBMITTER: Fudyma JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature