微生物生態学のツールとしての安定同位体探査

S Radajewski¹, P Ineson, N R Parekh

¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.

Nature

|February 25, 2000

まとめ

この研究では,培養なしで活性土壌微生物を特定するために,安定同位体探査を導入します. それは,メタノールの利用に関与する異なる細菌群を in situ.で明らかにしています.

科学分野:

環境微生物学環境微生物学
バイオジオケミカルサイクルとは
分子生態学分子生態学

背景:

微生物は地球の生地化学的サイクルを駆動しますが,そのアイデンティティはしばしば不明です.
微生物のアイデンティティを機能と結びつけるには,培養から独立した方法が必要です.
安定イソトープ探査は,この目的のために分子生物学と安定イソトープを組み合わせています.

研究の目的:

活性微生物を特定するための栽培独立の方法を開発し,適用する.
環境サンプルにおける特定の代謝機能と微生物のアイデンティティをリンクする.
土壌におけるメタノール利用微生物を調査する.

主な方法:

13C濃縮の炭素源で微生物の成長から生成された13C-DNAを使用します.
13C-DNAを12C-DNAから密度梯度離心法で分離する.
遺伝子探知と配列解析によるDNAの分類学および機能的特徴付け.

主要な成果:

12C-DNA.から13C-DNAを成功裏に分解しました.
土壌におけるメタノールを利用する活性微生物を特定した.
アルファ-プロテオバクテリアとアシドバクテリアの系統の関与が示された.

結論:

安定同位体探査は,現場で活性微生物を特定するための強力な技術です.
この方法は,培養なしに微生物のアイデンティティを特定の代謝プロセスとリンクします.
バイオジオケミカルサイクルにおける微生物の役割についての理解を広げます.

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