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  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Systems Biology

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  • Microbial communities are essential for Earth's ecosystems and health.
  • Understanding microbial community structure, interactions, and functions requires advanced technologies.
  • Current knowledge of the mechanistic basis of microbial community dynamics is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current state and future potential of Activity-Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) in microbial communities.
  • To highlight ABPP's role in characterizing microbial functions and responses to environmental exposures.
  • To discuss the application and development of ABPP for microbiome research.

Main Methods:

  • Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) for molecular-level functional characterization.
  • Design, development, and validation of chemical probes for microbial systems.
  • Analysis of probe performance in complex microbial communities.

Main Results:

  • ABPP provides unprecedented insights into microbial community functions.
  • It enables the study of how external factors alter microbiome functionality.
  • Examples of ABPP applications in microbial and community studies are presented.

Conclusions:

  • ABPP is a powerful tool for dissecting microbial community functions.
  • It has significant potential for advancing microbiome research in diverse fields.
  • Future developments in ABPP will enhance understanding of microbial roles in health and the environment.