Metabolites and Metabolic Regulation in the Nematode Nervous System: Behavior and Ecology
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 6708
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last several decades, genetic studies using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans have revealed cellular and molecular mechanisms of physiology, behavior, and metabolism in the nematode. The nematode also provides us with a simple model to study biological interactions at higher levels within the nematode, between nematodes, and between the nematode and its natural ecological environments. Studies are beginning to focus on the biology of metabolism and metabolites at these higher and broader levels, particularly how they affect the nematode nervous system and behavior and even reproductive fitness at the ecological level. The goal of this Special Issue of Metabolites, entitled Metabolites and Metabolic Regulation in the Nematode Nervous System: Behavior and Ecology, is to answer some of these questions in order that we may come to a better understanding of how metabolites and metabolic regulation can affect animal behavior and ecology. The topics covered in this issue include: nematode and microbial metabolic regulation, nematode pheromones and other secreted small molecules, nematode and microbial nutrition, microbial metabolites, microbial odors and other chemicals, microbiome, microbial pathogenesis, nematode and microbial metabolomics, animal and plant metabolites of pathogenic nematode hosts, etc.
Dr. Jin I. Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nematode
- C. elegans
- behavior
- ecology
- nervous system
- neuron
- sensory
- olfaction
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