Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: An optimized flow cytometry sorting-sequencing workflow reduces storage, sorting and extraction bias in sorted microbial communities
doi: 10.1101/2025.11.13.688239
Figure Lengend Snippet: Benzonase nuclease activity selectively depleted relic DNA of Veillonella atypica , Pseudomonas aeruginosa ASV63, Escherichia - Shigella coli ASV 11/42/43/77/88/179 and Salmonella enterica ASV 25/201. AMPure XP clean-up eliminated relic DNA but was not selective resulting in a distorted community composition. A decrease in the (relic) DNA concentration prior to sorting resulted in an inflation in absolute and relative contaminant sequencing read counts attesting the need of in silico data decontamination. Samples were sequenced with PacBio full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Cells were sorted using a non-selective SYBR® Green I staining. A FACS sheath fluid blank was included to identify and track the FACSome contaminants introduced during FACS-sequencing.
Article Snippet: The sorted cell fraction consisted of 288,000 cells collected in 1 mL FACS sheath fluid in 1.5 mL Eppendorf® DNA LoBind collection tubes (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Concentration Assay, Sequencing, In Silico, SYBR Green Assay, Staining