Best practices in the flow cytometry of microalgae

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.24328" target="_blank" >10.1002/cyto.a.24328</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Best practices in the flow cytometry of microalgae
Original language description
Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms with a major influence on global ecosystems. Further, owing to the production of various secondary metabolites, microalgae are also intensively studied for their enormous potential in biotechnology and its applications. While flow cytometry (FCM) is a fast and reliable method particularly suitable for genome size estimation in plant and animal studies, its application to microalgae often comes with many methodological challenges due to specific issues (e.g., cell wall composition, and presence of various secondary metabolites). Sample preparation requires considerable amounts of biomass, chemical fixation, and/or extraction of cellular components. In genome size estimation, appropriate methods for isolation of intact nuclei (using lysis buffers, razor-blade chopping, various enzymes, or bead-beating of cells) are essential for successful and high-quality analyses. Nuclear DNA amounts of microalgae diverge greatly, varying by almost 30,000-fold (0.01 to 286 pg). Even though new algal reference standards for genome size are now being introduced, animal red blood cells and nuclei from plant tissues are still predominantly used. Due to our limited knowledge of microalgal life cycles, particular caution should be taken during 1C/2C-value (or ploidy level) assignments.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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