PMID- 32823052 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231103 IS - 2589-0042 (Electronic) IS - 2589-0042 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 9 DP - 2020 Sep 25 TI - Adsorption Sequencing as a Rapid Method to Link Environmental Bacteriophages to Hosts. PG - 101439 LID - 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101439 [doi] LID - 101439 AB - An important viromics challenge is associating bacteriophages to hosts. To address this, we developed adsorption sequencing (AdsorpSeq), a readily implementable method to measure phages that are preferentially adsorbed to specific host cell envelopes. AdsorpSeq thus captures the key initial infection cycle step. Phages are added to cell envelopes, adsorbed phages are isolated through gel electrophoresis, after which adsorbed phage DNA is sequenced and compared with the full virome. Here, we show that AdsorpSeq allows for separation of phages based on receptor-adsorbing capabilities. Next, we applied AdsorpSeq to identify phages in a wastewater virome that adsorb to cell envelopes of nine bacteria, including important pathogens. We detected 26 adsorbed phages including common and rare members of the virome, a minority being related to previously characterized phages. We conclude that AdsorpSeq is an effective new tool for rapid characterization of environmental phage adsorption, with a proof-of-principle application to Gram-negative host cell envelopes. CI - (c) 2020 The Authors. FAU - de Jonge, Patrick A AU - de Jonge PA AD - Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, the Netherlands. FAU - von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan AU - von Meijenfeldt FAB AD - Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands. FAU - Costa, Ana Rita AU - Costa AR AD - Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, the Netherlands. FAU - Nobrega, Franklin L AU - Nobrega FL AD - Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, the Netherlands. FAU - Brouns, Stan J J AU - Brouns SJJ AD - Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, the Netherlands. FAU - Dutilh, Bas E AU - Dutilh BE AD - Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Science4Life, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200806 PL - United States TA - iScience JT - iScience JID - 101724038 PMC - PMC7452251 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ecology OT - Environmental Science OT - Microbiology OT - Techniques in Genetics COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/08/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/22 06:01 PMCR- 2020/08/06 CRDT- 2020/08/22 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2589-0042(20)30631-3 [pii] AID - 101439 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101439 [doi] PST - epublish SO - iScience. 2020 Aug 6;23(9):101439. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101439. eCollection 2020 Sep 25.