用于单一藻细胞PCR扩增反应的样品保存方法比较

用室内培养的塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrium tamarense ATHK藻株)作为实验对象,分别选择了5%福尔马林固定后常温保存、95%乙醇固定后常温保存、-20℃冷冻保存、鲁哥氏液(Lugols solution)固定后常温保存等方法,在5,15,30,60 d后对保存的样品进行单细胞PCR反应,并与新鲜样品进行比较。实验结果表明,用95%乙醇保存、-20℃冷冻保存、鲁哥氏液保存的样品在60 d后仍可扩增出目标条带,与新鲜样品没有差别,但是样品中的藻细胞形态有一些改变;而以5%福尔马林固定保存的样品只能在5 d后扩增出目标条带,但藻细胞形态比较完好。因此,对用于单细胞PCR实验的微藻样品,短期内(不多于5 d)可以采用福尔马林保存,而需要长期保存的样品,应当采用乙醇或鲁哥氏液固定,或者采用-20℃冷冻保存的方法。

Comparison of sample preservation methods in single-cell PCR experiment of algae

Recently,more and more molecular biological methods and techniques have been used in harmful-algal-bloom(HAB) studies.The single-cell PCR method,for example,is promising in genetic studies of HAB species which is hard to culture in the lab.However,little information is available on preservation of the algae samples used for single-cell PCR study.In this experiment,the cultured cells of Alexandrium tamarense were used to compare the different sample preservation methods,including formalin fixation(5%),ethano...