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ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: The extraction solvent mixtures were optimized for untargeted metabolomics analysis of microbial communities from two laboratory scale activated sludge reactors performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). OBJECTIVE: To develop a robust and simple analytical protocol to analyse microbial metabolomics from EBPR bioreactors. METHODS: Extra- and intra-cellular metabolites were extracted using five methods and analysed by ultraperformance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS). RESULTS: The optimal extraction method was biomass specific and methanol:water (1:1 v/v) and methanol:chloroform:water (2:2:1 v/v) were chosen, respectively, for each of the two different bioreactors. CONCLUSION: Our approach provides direct surveys of the metabolic state of PAO-enriched EBPR communities, showing that extraction methods should be carefully tailored to the microbial community under study
INSTRUMENT(S): Liquid Chromatography MS - Negative (LC-MS (Negative)), Liquid Chromatography MS - Positive (LC-MS (Positive))
SUBMITTER: Nay Min Min Thaw Saw
PROVIDER: MTBLS884 | MetaboLights | 2019-08-16
REPOSITORIES: MetaboLights
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