Single-Cell Mass Spectroscopic Analysis for Quantifying Active Metabolic Pathway Heterogeneity in a Bacterial Population on an Electrode.

Analytical Chemistry
Junki SaitoAkihiro Okamoto

Abstract

Microbial electrochemical catalysis based on respiratory reactions coupled with extracellular electron transport (EET), which is critical for bioenergy applications, strongly depends on the biocompatibility of the electrode material. However, the comparison of materials for such physiological responses has been difficult because of the lack of a quantitative assay for characterizing cellular metabolism at the electrode surface. Here, we developed a single-cell analysis method specific for the cells attached to the electrode to quantify active metabolic pathway heterogeneity as an index of physiological cell/electrode interaction, which generally increases with metabolic robustness in the microbial population. Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry followed by microbial current production with model EET-capable bacteria, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and its mutant strains lacking carbon assimilation pathways, showed that different active metabolic pathways resulted in nearly identical 13C/15N assimilation ratios for individual cells in the presence of isotopically labeled nutrients, demonstrating a correlation between the 13C/15N ratio and the active metabolic pathway. Compared to the nonelectrode conditions, the heterogeneity ...Continue Reading

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