TY - JOUR
T1 - Real-Time Metabolomics on Living Microorganisms Using Ambient Electrospray Ionization Flow-Probe
AU - Hsu, Cheng-Chih
AU - ElNaggar, Mariam S.
AU - Peng, Yao
AU - Fang, Jinshu
AU - Sanchez, Laura M.
AU - Mascuch, Samantha J.
AU - Møller, Kirsten Amalie
AU - Alazzeh, Emad K.
AU - Pikula, Jiri
AU - Quinn, Robert A.
AU - Zeng, Yi
AU - Wolfe, Benjamin E.
AU - Dutton, Rachel J.
AU - Gerwick, Lena
AU - Zhang, Lixin
AU - Liu, Xueting
AU - Månsson, Maria
AU - C. Dorrestein, Pieter
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi produce a variety of specialized metabolites that are invaluable for agriculture, biological research, and drug discovery. However, the screening of microbial metabolic output is usually a time-intensive task. Here, we utilize a liquid microjunction surface sampling probe for electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry to extract and ionize metabolite mixtures directly from living microbial colonies grown on soft nutrient agar in Petri-dishes without any sample pretreatment. To demonstrate the robustness of the method, this technique was applied to observe the metabolic output of more than 30 microorganisms, including yeast, filamentous fungi, pathogens, and marine-derived bacteria, that were collected worldwide. Diverse natural products produced from different microbes, including Streptomyces coelicolor, Bacillus subtilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are further characterized.
AB - Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi produce a variety of specialized metabolites that are invaluable for agriculture, biological research, and drug discovery. However, the screening of microbial metabolic output is usually a time-intensive task. Here, we utilize a liquid microjunction surface sampling probe for electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry to extract and ionize metabolite mixtures directly from living microbial colonies grown on soft nutrient agar in Petri-dishes without any sample pretreatment. To demonstrate the robustness of the method, this technique was applied to observe the metabolic output of more than 30 microorganisms, including yeast, filamentous fungi, pathogens, and marine-derived bacteria, that were collected worldwide. Diverse natural products produced from different microbes, including Streptomyces coelicolor, Bacillus subtilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are further characterized.
U2 - 10.1021/ac401613x
DO - 10.1021/ac401613x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23819546
SN - 0003-2700
VL - 85
SP - 7014
EP - 7018
JO - Analytical Chemistry
JF - Analytical Chemistry
IS - 15
ER -