Project description:In this study we applied MASC-seq (massive and parallel microarray sequencing, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13182), a scRNA-seq method that facilitates sequencing of thousands of cells in parallel, and that couples microscope images with the single cell transcriptome data. For this method, fixed cells are spread over a microarray with 100 μm-sized spots of DNA capture probes with spot-specific indices. The cells are first imaged using a scanning microscope and then permeabilized, releasing their RNA out of the cells and bind to the probes on the array. cDNA is synthesized, harvested and sequenced, and, using the spot-specific barcode-sequences, cDNA sequences stemming from a specific spot (i.e., cell) can be linked to the microscope image of the corresponding cell. However, until now, the MASC-seq method has only been applied to mammalian cells. The aim of this study was to test and adapt the MASC-seq method for application on unicellular eukaryotic plankton. We applied and optimized the method on three cultured plankton representatives, abundant in communities of aquatic environments, Phaeodactylum tricornutum (a diatom, silica and polysaccharide cell walls 23), Heterocapsa sp. (a dinoflagellate, cellulose thecal plates 24) and Tetrahymena thermophila (a ciliate, lipid membrane 25) which all have different size and diverse cell surface structures common to plankton. We optimized several steps in the protocol to make it more suitable for planktonic cells and compared the results from MASC-seq generated single cell transcriptomes to bulk RNA sequencing.
Project description:We used single-cell sequencing data and imaging to investigate Eukaryotic plankton from environmental marine samples collected from Coogee, NSW, Australia.
Project description:Contaminated aquifer (Dusseldorf-Flinger, Germany) templates extracted from 5 sediment depths ranging between 6.4 and 8.4 m below ground and over 3 years of sampling were amplified for amplicon pyrosequencing using the primers Ba27f (5’-aga gtt tga tcm tgg ctc ag-3’) and Ba519r (5’- tat tac cgc ggc kgc tg-3’), extended as amplicon fusion primers with respective primer A or B adapters, key sequence and multiplex identifiers (MID) as recommended by 454/Roche. Amplicons were purified and pooled as specified by the manufacturer. Emulsion PCR (emPCR), purification of DNA-enriched beads and sequencing run were performed following protocols and using a 2nd generation pyrosequencer (454 GS FLX Titanium, Roche) as recommended by the developer. Quality filtering of the pyrosequencing reads was performed using the automatic amplicon pipeline of the GS Run Processor (Roche), with a slight modification concerning the valley filter (vfScanAllFlows false instead of TiOnly) to extract the sequences. Demultiplexed raw reads were furhter trimmed for quality and lenght (>250 bp).
2012-11-11 | GSE25345 | GEO
Project description:16S rRNA amplicon sequences from plankton and benthos of a 5th order mountain stream network, Oregon, USA
Project description:Partial genome microarray and plankton cells RNA was isolated from biofilms and from planktonic cells grown in SD media. Samples were labeled with either Cy5 or Cy3. Four independent biological replicates were compared, including dye swaps.