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  • Ecology
  • Metabolomics
  • Biogeochemistry

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  • Environmental metabolomes are linked to microbial biogeochemical processes.
  • Understanding their spatiotemporal organization is crucial for predicting ecosystem function.
  • Current knowledge gaps limit the discovery of transferable ecological principles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a theoretical paradigm, 'meta-metabolome ecology', integrating metacommunity ecology and metabolomics.
  • To reveal underlying mechanisms governing environmental metabolomes.
  • To demonstrate the utility of this paradigm using mass spectrometry data.

Main Methods:

  • Developed three relational metabolite dendrograms based on molecular properties and biochemical transformations.
  • Applied ecological null modeling to analyze metabolite assembly patterns.
  • Utilized mass spectrometry data for empirical validation.

Main Results:

  • Null modeling indicated that stochastic processes influenced molecular properties.
  • Biochemical transformations were predominantly structured by deterministic processes.
  • Potentially biochemically active metabolites exhibited more deterministic assembly than less active ones.

Conclusions:

  • Meta-metabolome ecology provides a framework to study ecosystem molecular processes.
  • Understanding the balance of stochasticity and determinism aids in identifying key metabolites for mechanistic models.
  • This approach offers new insights into the connections between ecological systems and their molecular underpinnings.