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Stable Isotope Probing

Methods and Protocols

  • Includes cutting-edge techniques
  • Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
  • Contains key implementation advice from the experts

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 2046)

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Table of contents (18 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. DNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing

    • Zhongjun Jia, Weiwei Cao, Marcela Hernández García
    Pages 17-29
  3. RNA Stable Isotope Probing (RNA-SIP)

    • Noor-Ul-Huda Ghori, Benjamin Moreira-Grez, Paton Vuong, Ian Waite, Tim Morald, Michael Wise et al.
    Pages 31-44
  4. Chip-SIP: Stable Isotope Probing Analyzed with rRNA-Targeted Microarrays and NanoSIMS

    • Xavier Mayali, Peter K. Weber, Erin Nuccio, Jory Lietard, Mark Somoza, Steven J. Blazewicz et al.
    Pages 71-87
  5. Data Analysis for DNA Stable Isotope Probing Experiments Using Multiple Window High-Resolution SIP

    • Samuel E. Barnett, Nicholas D. Youngblut, Daniel H. Buckley
    Pages 109-128
  6. Stable Isotope Probing of Microorganisms in Environmental Samples with H218O

    • Egbert Schwartz, Michaela Hayer, Bruce A. Hungate, Rebecca L. Mau
    Pages 129-136
  7. Microbial Taxon-Specific Isotope Incorporation with DNA Quantitative Stable Isotope Probing

    • Brianna K. Finley, Michaela Hayer, Rebecca L. Mau, Alicia M. Purcell, Benjamin J. Koch, Natasja C. van Gestel et al.
    Pages 137-149
  8. Targeted Metatranscriptomics of Soil Microbial Communities with Stable Isotope Probing

    • Ang Hu, Yahai Lu, Marcela Hernández García, Marc G. Dumont
    Pages 163-174
  9. DNA and RNA Stable Isotope Probing of Methylotrophic Methanogenic Archaea

    • Xiuran Yin, Ajinkya C. Kulkarni, Michael W. Friedrich
    Pages 189-206
  10. RNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing (RNA-SIP) in the Gut Environment

    • Severin Weis, Sylvia Schnell, Markus Egert
    Pages 221-231
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 245-247

About this book

This book provides definitive methods to perform stable isotope probing (SIP) experiments, covering a wide spectrum of stable isotope techniques used in microbial ecology, such as methods to target and analyze labeled DNA, rRNA, mRNA, protein, and PLFA. Protocols to study stable isotope fractionation by microbial pathways, the analysis of labeled communities with Raman microscopy, Chip-SIM, as well as quantitative SIP (qSIP) and high-resolution SIP (HR-SIP) are also featured. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. 

Authoritative and practical, Stable Isotope Probing: Methods and Protocols provides readers with up-to-date protocols ranging from basic to the most sophisticated applications of SIP and will benefit anyone pursuing this exciting area of study.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Marc G. Dumont, Marcela Hernández García

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stable Isotope Probing

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols

  • Editors: Marc G. Dumont, Marcela Hernández García

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9721-3

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-9720-6Published: 13 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-9723-7Published: 13 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-9721-3Published: 12 August 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1064-3745

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 247

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics

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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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