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J ourna l o f M i c rob i o log i c a l M e t hods 8 (1988) 131 - 137 131Elsevier
JMM 00259
E v a l u a t i o n o f a h ex a n e / i s o p ro p a n o l l i p i d s o l v en t
s y s t em fo r a n a l y s i s o f b a c ter i a l p h o s p h o l i p i d s a n d
a p p l i ca t i o n to ch l o ro fo rm -s o l u b l e Nu c l ep o re
polycarbonate) membranes wi th re ta ined bacter ia
James B Guckert and David C. WhiteD ep art m ent o f Biolo gical Science, Florida State Universi ty , Tallahassee, FL 32306 U SA )
(Received 31 August 1987) (Revised version received 28 December 1987) (Accepted 10 January 1988)
Summa r y
The recovery of phospholipid, ester-linked fatty acids and phospholipid phosphate from the
eubacterium Pseudomonas a t lant ica was shown to be equivalent for the modified Bligh and Dyer
(chloro form/methanol /wate r) procedure and a hexane/isopropanol (HIP) lipid extraction. In addition to
its previously suggested lower toxicity, the HIP solvent system allows lipid analyses to be routinely done
on chloroform-soluble materials such as Nuclepore polycarbonate membranes, useful for well-definedsize fractionation studies of bacterioplankton communities.
Key words: Bacterial lipid; Lipid analysis; Nuclepore filter
Introduct ion
The analysis of membrane phospholipids has become an important tool for the
quantitative description of the viable microbial biomass, community structure, and
nutrit ional status in complex, natural environments [1]. There are a diversity of
procedures utilized, however, for the extraction, isolation and purification of these
lipids. These procedures may not all be equivalent in recovery of the lipid classes o f
interest for microbial ecology research. New or modified methods need to be
evaluated in terms of quali ty and quantity of lipid recovered with respect to standard
analyses.
Correspondence to: James B Guckert, Department of Microbiology, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
* Present address: Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.** Present address: Institute for Applied Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 10515 Research Drive,
Suite 300, Knoxville, TN 37932-2567, USA.
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m o s t o t h e r ' s i m p l e ' s o l v e n t s y s t e m s [ 2 ] . T h i s e x t r a c t i o n s y s t e m w a s i m p r o v e d b y
E . G . B l i g h a n d W . J . D y e r [3 ]. T h e ' B l i g h a n d D y e r ' ( B / D ) e x t r a c t io n u se s a
m o n o p h a s i c s o l u t i o n o f c h l o r o f o r m : m e t h a n o l : w a t e r ( 1 : 2 : 0 . 8 , v / v / v ) f o r t h e p r i m a r ye x t r a c t i o n . W a t e r h e l p s t h e e x t r a c t i o n o f t h e p o l a r l i p i d s a s it c a u s e s c e l lu l a r s w e l li n g
w h i c h f a c i l i t a t e s t h e p e r m e a b i l i t y o f t h e c e l l w a l l s f o r t h e s o l v e n t s [ 4 ] . A f t e r t h e
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t o x i c i ty s u b s t i tu t e f o r th e B / D p r o c e d u r e [8 ]. T h e H I P w o u l d p e r m i t li p id a n a l y s is
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p h o s p h o l i p a s e D a n d h a s b e e n u s e d i n p r e v i o u s w o r k t o k e e p p l a n t l i p i d s i n t h e i r
n a t i v e s t a te [ 2]. O t h e r a d v a n t a g e s o f H I P r e p o r t e d h a v e b e e n t h a t i t e x t r a c t s l es s
p i g m e n t a n d n o n - l i p i d s ( e s p e c ia l ly p r o t e o l i p i d s ) t h a n C M [8 ].
A c o m p a r i s o n o f H I P v s. m B / D w a s c a r r ie d o u t f o r r e c o v er y o f p h o s p h o l i p i d ,
e s t e r -l i n k e d f a t t y a ci d s ( P L F A ) o f a e u b a c t e r i a l c u l tu r e . P L F A , t h e p r i n c i p a l l ip i d s
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m i c r o b i a l e c o l o g y li p id r e s e a r c h [ 10 ]. O n e p u r p o s e o f t h is c o m p a r i s o n w a s to v a l i d a t e
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m o l a r q u a n t i t y r e c o v e r e d ( t o o l ) . T h e s y m b o l s i n d i c a t e t h e m e a n o f t h r e e r e p l ic a t e s
_+ 1 s t a n d a r d d e v i a t i o n ( S D ) . T h e r e w e r e n o s t a t is t i c a ll y s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s
b e t w e e n t h e s e e x t r a c t io n m e t h o d s f o r a n y P L F A ( A N O V A o~ -- 0 .0 5 ).
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T a b l e 1. N o s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s (o~ = 0 . 0 5 ) w e r e f o u n d f o r e i t h e r b i o c h e m i c a l
e s t i m a t e o f b a c t e r i a l b i o m a s s f o r t h e l ip i d e x t r a c ti o n m e t h o d s . T h e r a t i o s o fP L F A / P L P O 4 f o r t h e t h r e e t r e a t m e n t s a r e a ls o s h o w n in T a b le 1. T h e r e w e re n o
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b o t h t h e q u a n t i t y o f t o t a l P L F A a n d P L P O 4 ( T a bl e 1) a s w e ll a s th e P L F A p r o f i le s
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TABLE 1
COMPARISON OF PHOSPHOL1PID FATTY ACID PLFA) AND PHOSPHOL IPID PHOSPHA TE
PLPO4) RECOVERIES FROM HEX ANE: ISOP ROPA NOL HIP) FOR CELLS HARVESTED BY
CENTRIFUGAT ION OR NUCLEPORE MEMBRANE FILTRATION, COMPARED WITH THE
CORRE SPOND ING MODIFI ED BLIGH AND DYER roB/D) EXTRACT ION FOR P A TLA NTI CA
CELLS
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PLFA 65.5 _+ 12.4 70.5 + 9.4 58.0 + 15.5
PL PO 4 26.5_+ 1.4 22.6_+ 1.5 26.1_+ 2.1
PLFA/PLPO 4 2.5 _+ 0.6 3.2 + 0.6 2.2-+ 0.8
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P r e v i o u s e v a l u a ti o n s o f t h e H I P l ip i d e x t r a c t io n h a ve c o m p a r e d H I P v s. B / D
e x t r a c t i o n s o f b e e f l i p id [ 1 5 ] a n d H I P v s. C M e x t r a c t i o n s o f r a t b r a i n l ip i d [ 8 ]. I n
b o t h c a s e s, t h e H I P w a s f o u n d t o r e c o v e r l o w e r a m o u n t s o f p o l a r l i pi ds , w h e n
e v a l u a t e d b y w e i g h t o f l i p i d r e c o v e r e d . I t h a s b e e n s u g g e s t e d t h a t p r o t e o l i p i d s
e x t r a c t e d w i t h C M , b u t n o t H I P , a c c o u n t e d f o r t h is d i f f e re n c e [8 ]. W h e n t h e s o l v e n ts y s t e m s w e r e e v a l u a t e d a n a l y t i c a l l y b y g a s c h r o m a t o g r a p h y i n t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y , n o
d i f f e r e n c e i n t h e r e c o v e r y o f b a c t e r i a l d i a c yl p h o s p h o l i p i d s w a s f o u n d , h o w e v er , a
c o m p a n i o n s t u d y c o m p a r i n g t h e r e c o v e r y o f l ip i d c la s se s f r o m a u n i c e l l u l a r g r e e n
a l g a i n d i c a t e s t h a t H I P d o e s n o t r e c o v e r t h e g l y c o - a n d p o l a r l i p id s a s w e ll a s t h e
m B / D p r o c e d u r e f o r t h is e u k a r y o t i c m e m b r a n e s y s te m [16 ]. Tw o o f t h e p r e v io u s H I P
e v a l u a t i o n s [8 , 1 5] a s w e ll a s t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y ( F ig . 1) h a v e s h o w n t h a t t h e p r o f i l e o f
f a t t y a ci d s r e c o v e r e d b y t h e H I P is e q u i v a le n t t o t h e C M e x t r a c t io n p r o c e d u r e s .
T h e m B / D e f f i c ie n t l y r e m o v e s n o n - l ip i d s w h e n t h e p h a s e s a r e s e p a r a t e d [2 ].
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