Dead or alive: molecular assessment of microbial viability.

Abstract:

:Nucleic acid-based analytical methods, ranging from species-targeted PCRs to metagenomics, have greatly expanded our understanding of microbiological diversity in natural samples. However, these methods provide only limited information on the activities and physiological states of microorganisms in samples. Even the most fundamental physiological state, viability, cannot be assessed cross-sectionally by standard DNA-targeted methods such as PCR. New PCR-based strategies, collectively called molecular viability analyses, have been developed that differentiate nucleic acids associated with viable cells from those associated with inactivated cells. In order to maximize the utility of these methods and to correctly interpret results, it is necessary to consider the physiological diversity of life and death in the microbial world. This article reviews molecular viability analysis in that context and discusses future opportunities for these strategies in genetic, metagenomic, and single-cell microbiology.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Cangelosi GA,Meschke JS

doi

10.1128/AEM.01763-14

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-10-01 00:00:00

pages

5884-91

issue

19

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

pii

AEM.01763-14

journal_volume

80

pub_type

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