A Method of Profiling Microbial Communities Based on a Most-Probable-Number Assay That Uses BIOLOG Plates and Multiple Sole Carbon Sources
AUTOR(ES)
Gamo, Masashi
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
A new approach to the community-level BIOLOG assay was proposed. This assay, which we call the BIOLOG-MPN assay, is a most-probable-number (MPN) assay that uses BIOLOG plates and multiple sole carbon sources, and the profiles obtained by this assay consist of MPNs estimated for the substrates in the BIOLOG plates. In order to demonstrate the performance of the BIOLOG-MPN assay, it was applied to pure cultures, model bacterial communities that contain two strains in different ratios, and microbial community samples. MPN estimation using BIOLOG plates worked well for the substrates on which utilizers can grow at a sufficiently high rate for color development under the conditions of the assay procedure. Furthermore, the results obtained using model communities showed that the MPNs obtained reflected the mixing ratios of pure cultures in the model communities. The profiles obtained using model communities and community samples were differentiated properly by statistical analyses. The results suggest that the BIOLOG-MPN assay is a promising procedure for obtaining a quantitative picture of the community structure.
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