Technical pipeline for screening microbial communities as a function of substrate specificity through fluorescent labelling

Shaun Leivers; Leidy Lagos; Philipp Garbers; Sabina Leanti La Rosa; Bjørge Westereng

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03383-z

Communications Biology (May 2022)

Technical pipeline for screening microbial communities as a function of substrate specificity through fluorescent labelling

Shaun Leivers,
Leidy Lagos,
Philipp Garbers,
Sabina Leanti La Rosa,
Bjørge Westereng

Affiliations

Shaun Leivers: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Leidy Lagos: Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Philipp Garbers: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Sabina Leanti La Rosa: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bjørge Westereng: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03383-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

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A reductive amination-based fluorophore labelling of complex wood-derived glycans provides a proof-of-principle multi-modal platform for monitoring glycan uptake by bacteria.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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