Teague, J.; Scott, T.B.; Sharma, S.; Graham, G.; Allen, M.J. An Alternative Method to Niskin Sampling for Molecular Analysis of the Marine Environment. J. Mar. Sci. Eng.2017, 5, 22.
Teague, J.; Scott, T.B.; Sharma, S.; Graham, G.; Allen, M.J. An Alternative Method to Niskin Sampling for Molecular Analysis of the Marine Environment. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2017, 5, 22.
Teague, J.; Scott, T.B.; Sharma, S.; Graham, G.; Allen, M.J. An Alternative Method to Niskin Sampling for Molecular Analysis of the Marine Environment. J. Mar. Sci. Eng.2017, 5, 22.
Teague, J.; Scott, T.B.; Sharma, S.; Graham, G.; Allen, M.J. An Alternative Method to Niskin Sampling for Molecular Analysis of the Marine Environment. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2017, 5, 22.
Abstract
The development of low-cost, open-source Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) systems has provided almost unrestricted access for researchers looking to monitor the marine environment in ever greater resolution. Sampling microbial communities from the marine environment, however, still usually relies on Niskin-bottle sampling (ROV or CTD based), a method which introduces an inaccuracy and variability that is incompatible with metatranscriptomic analysis. Here, we describe a versatile, easily-replicated platform which achieves in situ mRNA preservation, via the addition of RNAlater to filtered microbial cells, to enhance ROV or CTD functionality.
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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