Software and computational tools for LC-MS-based epilipidomics: Challenges and solutions

T Damiani, S Bonciarelli, GG Thallinger… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lipids play a crucial role in cellular structure and functions, including cell signaling,
membrane plasticity, and trafficking. Alterations of the lipid composition in cells, tissues, or …

Lipid biogeochemistry and modern lipidomic techniques

BR Edwards - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Lipids are structurally diverse biomolecules that serve multiple roles in cells. As such, they
are used as biomarkers in the modern ocean and as paleoproxies to explore the geological …

Lipidomics of environmental microbial communities. I: Visualization of component distributions using untargeted analysis of high-resolution mass spectrometry data

NJ Bale, S Ding, EC Hopmans, MGI Arts… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lipids, as one of the main building blocks of cells, can provide valuable information on
microorganisms in the environment. Traditionally, gas or liquid chromatography coupled to …

Lipidomic chemotaxonomy aligned with phylogeny of Halobacteria

W Yao, W Zhang, W He, W Xiao, Y Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Archaea play an important role in global biogeochemical cycles and are considered
ancestral to eukaryotes. The unique lipid composition of archaea, characterized by …

Revisiting the precursors of the most abundant natural products on Earth: A look back at 30+ years of bacteriohopanepolyol (BHP) research and ahead to new …

S Kusch, D Rush - Organic Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review we look back on 30+ years of bacteriohopanepolyol (BHP) research within the
field of organic geochemistry. BHPs are ubiquitous, intact polar lipids in modern …

Biomarker proxies for reconstructing Quaternary climate and environmental change

EL McClymont, H Mackay… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Nitrogen and sulfur for phosphorus: Lipidome adaptation of anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria in phosphorus-deprived conditions

S Ding, V Grossi, EC Hopmans… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding how microbial lipidomes adapt to environmental and nutrient stress is crucial
for comprehending microbial survival and functionality. Certain anaerobic bacteria can …

Selective lipid recruitment by an archaeal DPANN symbiont from its host

S Ding, JN Hamm, NJ Bale… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The symbiont Ca. Nanohaloarchaeum antarcticus is obligately dependent on its
host Halorubrum lacusprofundi for lipids and other metabolites due to its lack of certain …

Changes in the membrane lipid composition of a Sulfurimonas species depend on the electron acceptor used for sulfur oxidation

S Ding, JV Henkel, EC Hopmans, NJ Bale… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sulfurimonas species are among the most abundant sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in the marine
environment. They are capable of using different electron acceptors, this metabolic flexibility …

Production of structurally diverse sphingolipids by anaerobic marine bacteria in the euxinic Black Sea water column

S Ding, FAB von Meijenfeldt, NJ Bale… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microbial lipids, used as taxonomic markers and physiological indicators, have mainly been
studied through cultivation. However, this approach is limited due to the scarcity of cultures …