What is it about?
We developed a new high-throughput tool, based on microfluidics technology, to simultaneously quantify multiple genes for the microbial nitrogen cycle. This tool was shown to be applicable to analyze environmental samples such as wastewater samples.
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Why is it important?
To understand the ecology of the nitrogen (N) cycle, it is important to analyze the abundant and diverse microbes responsible for N cycling. However, absence of a high-throughput tool to quantify and sequence associated genes has limited our ability to study the N cycle. Our new tool should significantly advance our ability to explore the N cycle in various environmental samples.
Perspectives
We name this tool as the Nitrogen Cycle Evaluation (NiCE) chip. We think the NiCE chip is a "nice" tool for many applications.
Assistant Professor Satoshi Ishii
University of Minnesota System
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This page is a summary of: Nitrogen Cycle Evaluation (NiCE) Chip for Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple N Cycle-Associated Genes, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2018, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02615-17.
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