title: 'FloraArray' for screening of specific DNA probes representing the characteristics of a certain microbial community.
abstract: To investigate uncharacterized microbial communities, a custom DNA microarray named 'FloraArray' was developed for screening specific probes that would represent the characteristics of a microbial community. The array was prepared by spotting 2000 plasmid DNAs from a genomic shotgun library of a sludge sample on a DNA microarray. By comparative hybridization of the array with two different samples of genomic DNA, one from the activated sludge and the other from a nonactivated sludge sample of an anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacterial community, specific spots were visualized as a definite fluctuating profile in an MA (differential intensity ratio vs. spot intensity) plot. About 300 spots of the array accounted for the candidate probes to represent anammox reaction of the activated sludge. After sequence analysis of the probes and examination of the results of blastn searches against the reported anammox reference sequence, complete matches were found for 161 probes (58.3%) and >90% matches were found for 242 probes (87.1%). These results demonstrate that 'FloraArray' could be a useful tool for screening specific DNA molecules of unknown microbial communities.
authors.affiliation: Hitachi Ltd, Life Science Group, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaku
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: Kazuichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isaka
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumino
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagatsuma
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D015342:DNA Probes; D015698:Genomic Library; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D012722:Sewage