Abstract
Transmission electron, confocal microscopy and FACS in conjunction with two different lipophilic fluorescent dyes, BODIPY 505/515 and Nile Red were used to describe the cellular development and lipid bodies formation in Aurantiochytrium sp. KRS101. TEM results revealed that multi-cellular spores were appeared in sporangium during early-exponential phase, and spores were matured in mid-exponential phase followed by release of spores from sporangium in late-exponential phase. TEM and FACS analyses proved that lipid bodies appeared, developed and degenerated in mid-exponential, early- and late-stationary phases, respectively. The staining results in FACS indicate that BODIPY 505/515 is more effective for the vital staining of intracellular lipid bodies than Nile Red. FACS based single cell sorting also showed healthy growth for BODIPY 505/515 stained cells than Nile Red stained cells. In addition, a quantitative baseline was established either for cell growth and/or lipid accumulation based on cell count, fatty acid contents/composition, and sectional/confocal images of KRS101.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 149-154 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Bioresource Technology |
Volume | 161 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC) of Korea Grant funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) (ABC-2013-057282). N. Velmurugan was supported by the BK21 Post-Doctoral Research Fund and MSP was partially supported by Brain Pool Program of Korea.
Keywords
- Aurantiochytrium sp.
- BODIPY 505/515
- Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
- Nile Red
- TEM analysis