Flow sorting in aquatic ecology

Authors

  • Marcus Reckermann Research- and Technology Centre Westcoast (FTZ) of Kiel University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64n2235

Keywords:

flow cytometry, flow sorting, phytoplankton, bacteria, cultures

Abstract


Flow sorting can be a very helpful tool in revealing phytoplankton and bacterial community structure and elaborating specific physiological parameters of isolated species. Droplet sorting has been the most common technique. Despite the high optical and hydro-dynamic stress for the cells to be sorted, many species grow in culture subsequent to sorting. To date, flow sorting has been applied to post-incubation separation in natural water samples to account for group-specific physiological parameters (radiotracer-uptake rates), to the production of clonal or non-clonal cultures from mixtures, to the isolaton of cell groups from natural assemblages for molecular analyses, and for taxonomic identification of sorted cells by microscopy. The application of cell sorting from natural water samples from the Wadden Sea, including different cryptophytes, cyanobacteria and diatoms, is shown, as well as the establishment of laboratory cultures from field samples. The optional use of a red laser to account for phycocyanine-rich cells is also discussed.

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Published

2000-06-30

How to Cite

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Reckermann M. Flow sorting in aquatic ecology. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2000Jun.30 [cited 2024Mar.29];64(2):235-46. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/757

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