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Extraction from natural planktonic microorganisms of DNA suitable for molecular biological studies
- Fuhrman, J.A. (author)
- Comeau, D.E. (author)
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- Hagström, Åke (author)
- Department of Microbiology, University of Umeå
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- Chan, A.M. (author)
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- 1988
- 1988
- English.
- In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - 0099-2240 .- 1098-5336. ; 54:6, s. 1426-1429
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- We developed a simple technique for the high-yield extraction of purified DNA from mixed populations ofnatural planktonic marine microbes (primarily bacteria). This is a necessary step for several molecularbiological approaches to the study of microbial communities in nature. The microorganisms from near-shoremarine and brackish water samples, ranging in volume from 8 to 40 liters, were collected on 0.22-,um-pore-sizefluorocarbon-based filters, after prefiltration through glass fiber filters, to remove most of the eucaryotes. DNAwas extracted directly from the filters in 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate that was heated to 95 to 100°C for 1.5 to2 min. This procedure lysed essentially all the bacteria and did not significantly denature the DNA. The DNAwas purified by phenol extraction, and precautions were taken to minimize shearing. Agarose gel electrophoresisshowed that most of the final preparation had a large molecular size (>23 kilobase pairs). The DNA wassufficiently pure to allow complete digestion by the restriction endonuclease Sau3AI and ligation to vector DNA.In a sample in which the extracted DNA was quantified by binding to the dye Hoechst H33258, DNA wasquantitatively extracted, and 45% of the initially extracted DNA was recovered after purification. Final yieldswere a few micrograms of DNA per liter of seawater and were roughly 25 to 50% of the total bacterial DNAin the sample. Alternatives to the initial harvest by filtration method, including continuous-flow centrifugationand thin-channel or hollow-fiber concentration followed by centrifugation, were less efficient than filtration interms of both time and yield, largely because of the difficulty of centrifuging the very small bacteria typical ofmarine plankton. These methods were judged to be less appropriate for studies of natural populations as theyimpose a strong selection for the larger bacteria.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
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