TY - JOUR
T1 - Analyzing microorganisms in environmental samples using stable isotope probing with H218O
AU - Schwartz, Egbert
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - When analyzing environmental samples of microorganisms by stable isotope probing (SIP), labeling the DNA with H218O, instead of organic or nitrogenous compounds, offers important advantages because water cannot be used as an energy, carbon, or nitrogen source. As a result, addition of the label is unlikely to influence microbial growth rates in soil directly, and microbial communities can be exposed to the label for long periods of time because they are not exposed to abnormally high substrate concentrations. Because all organisms incorporate water into their DNA, performing SIP with H2 18O is a method for identifying microorganisms that have grown during incubation with H218O, as well as microorganisms that have not grown (i.e., did not incorporate the label) but survived the incubation. This protocol describes the use of SIP with H218O to study soil microorganisms.
AB - When analyzing environmental samples of microorganisms by stable isotope probing (SIP), labeling the DNA with H218O, instead of organic or nitrogenous compounds, offers important advantages because water cannot be used as an energy, carbon, or nitrogen source. As a result, addition of the label is unlikely to influence microbial growth rates in soil directly, and microbial communities can be exposed to the label for long periods of time because they are not exposed to abnormally high substrate concentrations. Because all organisms incorporate water into their DNA, performing SIP with H2 18O is a method for identifying microorganisms that have grown during incubation with H218O, as well as microorganisms that have not grown (i.e., did not incorporate the label) but survived the incubation. This protocol describes the use of SIP with H218O to study soil microorganisms.
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U2 - 10.1101/pdb.prot5341
DO - 10.1101/pdb.prot5341
M3 - Article
C2 - 20150088
AN - SCOPUS:72149105050
SN - 1940-3402
VL - 4
JO - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
JF - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
IS - 12
ER -