Attachment and detachment of living microorganisms using an optically transparent electrode

点击翻译按钮获取中文摘要

The author developed an electrical modulation method for attachment and detachment of microorganisms. When we applied this method to separate microorganisms from deep-sea sediment, bacteria belonging to 19 phyla and 23 classes were collected without undesirable high molecular-weight contaminants such humic acids. At the phylum level 95% and at the class level 87% of the phylotypes among electrically retrieved bacteria were common to the gene clones from the direct sediment DNA extraction.