A 'capillary racetrack' method for isolation of magnetotactic bacteria
A capillary tube was developed in which an inoculum of magnetotactic bacteria that contained only a few contaminants could be separated from crude sediment in a few minutes. Sterile fluid was placed on one side of a wetted cotton plug and sediment was placed on the other side. Magnetotactic bacteria...
| Published in: | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1987
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| Online Access: | http://femsec.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/31 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02335.x |
| Summary: | A capillary tube was developed in which an inoculum of magnetotactic bacteria that contained only a few contaminants could be separated from crude sediment in a few minutes. Sterile fluid was placed on one side of a wetted cotton plug and sediment was placed on the other side. Magnetotactic bacteria migrated quickly through the cotton toward the south pole of a stirring-bar magnet placed at the closed end of the capillary. Protozoa and chemotactic bacteria were significantly delayed in passage through the cotton. |
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