Single-cell isolation and cloning of Tetrahymena thermophila cells with a fluorescence-activated cell sorter
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00517.x
Single-cell isolation and cloning of Tetrahymena thermophila cells with a fluorescence-activated cell sorter
Abstract
We developed a method for cloning cells of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila in chemically defined medium (CDM) using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS). Although T. thermophila is a model unicellular eukaryote, two major technical difficulties remain in its cloning. First, T. thermophila fails to proliferate from low density in CDM, particularly if the inoculum contains single cells. Second, general cloning methods are time consuming and have low throughput. Here, we modified the CDM by addition of bovine serum albumin that helped growth from an inoculum with a density of 10 cell/ml (1 cell/100 μl). In addition, we applied a FACS for isolation of single cells. We showed that it is possible to separate cell populations based on the presence or absence of phagocytosed fluorescent beads and to isolate single cells in a modified CDM by FACS. Our techniques allow the direct isolation of single cells and facilitate the establishment of clonal strains.
© 2010 The Author(s). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology © 2010 International Society of Protistologists.
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