PMID- 30269994 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190318 LR - 20190318 IS - 1618-0984 (Electronic) IS - 0723-2020 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Autofluorescent characteristics of Candidatus Brocadia fulgida and the consequences for FISH and microscopic detection. PG - 135-144 LID - S0723-2020(18)30249-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.09.002 [doi] AB - An enrichment culture of Candidatus Brocadia fulgida was identified by three independent methods: analysis of autofluorescence using different microscope filter blocks and a fluorescence spectrometer, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with anammox-specific probes and partial sequencing of the 16S rDNA, hydrazine synthase hzsA and hydrazine oxidoreductase hzo. The filter block BV-2A (400-440, 470 LP, Nikon) was suitable for preliminary detection of Ca. B. fulgida. An excitation-emission matrix revealed three pairs of excitation-emission maxima: 288-330 nm, 288-478 nm and 417-478 nm. Several autofluorescent cell clusters could not be stained with DAPI or by FISH, suggesting empty but intact cells (ghost cells) or inhibited permeability. Successful staining of autofluorescent cells with the FISH probes Ban162 and Bfu613, even at higher formamide concentrations, suggested insufficient specificity of Ban162. Under certain conditions, Ca. B. fulgida lost its autofluorescence, which reduced the reliability of autofluorescence for identification and detection. Non-fluorescent Ca. Brocadia cells could not be stained with Ban162, but with Bfu613 at higher formamide concentrations, suggesting a dependency between both parameters. The phylogenetic analysis showed only good taxonomical clustering of the 16S rDNA and hzsA. In conclusion, careful consideration of autofluorescent characteristics is recommended when analysing and presenting FISH observations of Ca. B. fulgida to avoid misinterpretations and misidentifications. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Bollmann, Jorg AU - Bollmann J AD - Department of Biotechnology for Water Treatment, BTU-Cottbus-Senftenberg, Siemens-Halske-Ring 8, 03046 Cottbus, Germany. Electronic address: boellman@b-tu.de. FAU - Engelbrecht, Steffen AU - Engelbrecht S AD - Department of Biotechnology for Water Treatment, BTU-Cottbus-Senftenberg, Siemens-Halske-Ring 8, 03046 Cottbus, Germany. FAU - Martienssen, Marion AU - Martienssen M AD - Department of Biotechnology for Water Treatment, BTU-Cottbus-Senftenberg, Siemens-Halske-Ring 8, 03046 Cottbus, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180920 PL - Germany TA - Syst Appl Microbiol JT - Systematic and applied microbiology JID - 8306133 RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - 7664-41-7 (Ammonia) SB - IM MH - Ammonia MH - Bacteria/*classification/isolation & purification MH - Bacterial Typing Techniques MH - Bioreactors/microbiology MH - DNA, Bacterial/genetics MH - *Fluorescence MH - Genes, Bacterial MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Phylogeny MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA OTO - NOTNLM OT - 16S rDNA OT - Candidatus Brocadia fulgida OT - Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis OT - FISH OT - Hydrazine oxidase hzo OT - Hydrazine synthase hzsA EDAT- 2018/10/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/19 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/02 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/02 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0723-2020(18)30249-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.09.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Syst Appl Microbiol. 2019 Mar;42(2):135-144. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.09.002. Epub 2018 Sep 20.