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author Dahl, Mathilde Borg
Brachmann, Stella
Söllinger, Andrea
Schnell, Marina
Ahlers, Laureen
Wutkowska, Magdalena
Hoff, Katharina J
Nath, Neetika
Groß, Verena
Wang, Haitao
Weil, Micha
Piecha, Marc
Schaffer, Marc
Jensen, Corinna
Kuss, Andreas W
Gall, Christoph
Wimmer, Erika
Pribasnig, Thomas
Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal
Sigurdsson, Bjarni D
Schleper, Christa
Richter, Andreas
Urich, Tim
author_facet Dahl, Mathilde Borg
Brachmann, Stella
Söllinger, Andrea
Schnell, Marina
Ahlers, Laureen
Wutkowska, Magdalena
Hoff, Katharina J
Nath, Neetika
Groß, Verena
Wang, Haitao
Weil, Micha
Piecha, Marc
Schaffer, Marc
Jensen, Corinna
Kuss, Andreas W
Gall, Christoph
Wimmer, Erika
Pribasnig, Thomas
Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal
Sigurdsson, Bjarni D
Schleper, Christa
Richter, Andreas
Urich, Tim
Dahl, Mathilde Borg
Brachmann, Stella
Söllinger, Andrea
Schnell, Marina
Ahlers, Laureen
Wutkowska, Magdalena
Hoff, Katharina J
Nath, Neetika
Groß, Verena
Wang, Haitao
Weil, Micha
Piecha, Marc
Schaffer, Marc
Jensen, Corinna
Kuss, Andreas W
Gall, Christoph
Wimmer, Erika
Pribasnig, Thomas
Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal
Sigurdsson, Bjarni D
Schleper, Christa
Richter, Andreas
Urich, Tim
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques-Cross-Validation and Perspectives. Dahl, Mathilde Borg Brachmann, Stella Söllinger, Andrea Schnell, Marina Ahlers, Laureen Wutkowska, Magdalena Hoff, Katharina J Nath, Neetika Groß, Verena Wang, Haitao Weil, Micha Piecha, Marc Schaffer, Marc Jensen, Corinna Kuss, Andreas W Gall, Christoph Wimmer, Erika Pribasnig, Thomas Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal Sigurdsson, Bjarni D Schleper, Christa Richter, Andreas Urich, Tim Soil Microbiology Microbiota RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Metagenomics Gene Expression Profiling Bacteria Transcriptome Soil Linking meta-omics and biogeochemistry approaches in soils has remained challenging. This study evaluates the use of an internal RNA extraction standard and its potential for making quantitative estimates of a given microbial community size (biomass) in soil metatranscriptomics. We evaluate commonly used laboratory protocols for RNA processing, metatranscriptomic sequencing and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Metatranscriptomic profiles from soil samples were generated using two library preparation protocols and prepared in triplicates. RNA extracted from pure cultures of Saccharolobus solfataricus was added to the samples as an internal nucleic acid extraction standard (NAE). RNA reads originating from NAE were identified with a 99.9% accuracy. A remarkable replication consistency between triplicates was seen (average Bray-Curtis dissimilarity 0.03 ± 0.02), in addition to a clear library preparation bias. Nevertheless, the between-sample pattern was not affected by library type. Estimates of 16S rRNA transcript abundance derived from qRT-PCR experiments, NAE and a previously published quantification method of metatranscriptomics (hereafter qMeTra) were compared with microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN) extracts. The derived biomass estimates differed by orders of magnitude. While most estimates were significantly correlated with each other, no correlation was observed between NAE and MBC extracts. We discuss how simultaneous changes in community size and the soils nucleic acid retention strength might hamper accurate biomass estimation. Adding NAE has the potential to shed important light on nucleic acid retention in the substance matrix (e.g., soil) during extraction.
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spellingShingle Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques-Cross-Validation and Perspectives.
Dahl, Mathilde Borg
Brachmann, Stella
Söllinger, Andrea
Schnell, Marina
Ahlers, Laureen
Wutkowska, Magdalena
Hoff, Katharina J
Nath, Neetika
Groß, Verena
Wang, Haitao
Weil, Micha
Piecha, Marc
Schaffer, Marc
Jensen, Corinna
Kuss, Andreas W
Gall, Christoph
Wimmer, Erika
Pribasnig, Thomas
Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal
Sigurdsson, Bjarni D
Schleper, Christa
Richter, Andreas
Urich, Tim
Soil Microbiology
Microbiota
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Metagenomics
Gene Expression Profiling
Bacteria
Transcriptome
Soil
Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques-Cross-Validation and Perspectives. Dahl, Mathilde Borg Brachmann, Stella Söllinger, Andrea Schnell, Marina Ahlers, Laureen Wutkowska, Magdalena Hoff, Katharina J Nath, Neetika Groß, Verena Wang, Haitao Weil, Micha Piecha, Marc Schaffer, Marc Jensen, Corinna Kuss, Andreas W Gall, Christoph Wimmer, Erika Pribasnig, Thomas Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal Sigurdsson, Bjarni D Schleper, Christa Richter, Andreas Urich, Tim Soil Microbiology Microbiota RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Metagenomics Gene Expression Profiling Bacteria Transcriptome Soil Linking meta-omics and biogeochemistry approaches in soils has remained challenging. This study evaluates the use of an internal RNA extraction standard and its potential for making quantitative estimates of a given microbial community size (biomass) in soil metatranscriptomics. We evaluate commonly used laboratory protocols for RNA processing, metatranscriptomic sequencing and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Metatranscriptomic profiles from soil samples were generated using two library preparation protocols and prepared in triplicates. RNA extracted from pure cultures of Saccharolobus solfataricus was added to the samples as an internal nucleic acid extraction standard (NAE). RNA reads originating from NAE were identified with a 99.9% accuracy. A remarkable replication consistency between triplicates was seen (average Bray-Curtis dissimilarity 0.03 ± 0.02), in addition to a clear library preparation bias. Nevertheless, the between-sample pattern was not affected by library type. Estimates of 16S rRNA transcript abundance derived from qRT-PCR experiments, NAE and a previously published quantification method of metatranscriptomics (hereafter qMeTra) were compared with microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN) extracts. The derived biomass estimates differed by orders of magnitude. While most estimates were significantly correlated with each other, no correlation was observed between NAE and MBC extracts. We discuss how simultaneous changes in community size and the soils nucleic acid retention strength might hamper accurate biomass estimation. Adding NAE has the potential to shed important light on nucleic acid retention in the substance matrix (e.g., soil) during extraction.
title Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques-Cross-Validation and Perspectives.
topic Soil Microbiology
Microbiota
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Metagenomics
Gene Expression Profiling
Bacteria
Transcriptome
Soil
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40459094/