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The trace analysis of microorganisms in real samples by combination of a filtration microcartridge and capillary isoelectric focusing

Authors

HORKA Marie HORKY Jaroslav KUBESOVÁ Anna ZAPLETALOVA Eva SLAIS Karel

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Analytical and Bioanalytical chemistry
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
web https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00216-011-4975-6
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-4975-6
Keywords Capillary isoelectric focusing; Preconcentration; Filtration microcartridge; Trace number of microorganisms; Real samples; UV detection
Description Trace analysis of microorganisms in real biological samples needs very sensitive methods for their detection. Most procedures for detecting and quantifying pathogens require a sample preparation step including concentrating microorganisms from large sample volumes with high and reproducible efficiency. Electromigration techniques have great potential to include the preconcentration, separation, and detection of whole cells and therefore they can rapidly indicate the presence of pathogens. The preconcentration and separation of microorganisms from real suspensions utilising a combination of filtration and capillary isoelectric focusing was developed and the possibility for its application to real samples was verified. For our experiments, spores of Monilinia species and of Penicillium expansum were selected as model bioparticles, as they cause major losses in agrosystems. The isoelectric points of the spores of M. laxa, M. fructigena, M. fruticola, and P. expansum were determined and the method was verified using real samples taken directly from infected apples. The coupling of a filtration cartridge with a separation capillary can improve the detection limit of isoelectric focusing with UV detection by at least 4 orders of magnitude. Spores of M. fructigena and of M. laxa in numbers of hundreds of particles per milliliter were detected on a visually noninfected apple surface which was cross-contaminated during handling and storage. The efficiency of preconcentration and a preliminary identification was verified by the phenotyping technique after cultivation of the spores sampled from the apple surface.
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