BiochemistrybioRxiv
Mass spectrometry imaging of natural carbonyl products directly from agar-based microbial interactions using 4-APEBA derivatization
D. Velickovic, K. J. Zemaitis, A. Bhattacharjee, C. R. Anderton
This paper introduces a chemical derivatization method to spatially resolve carbonyl-containing metabolites in microbial co-cultures using MALDI-MSI, revealing their distribution and potential roles in interkingdom interactions.
DOI 10.1128/msystems.00803-23