Attachment and detachment of living microorganisms using an optically transparent electrode

作者提出了一种电调制微生物附着和脱离的方法。当我们应用这种方法从深海沉积物中分离微生物时，收集了属于19门和23类的细菌，而没有不希望的高分子量污染物，如腐殖酸。在门水平上，95%和87%的电回收的细菌中的细菌类群是共同的基因克隆从直接沉积物DNA提取。

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.