Kim Jinha, Hwangbo Myung, Shih Chih-Hsuan, Chu Kung-Hui
Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA.
School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, USA.
Water Res X. 2023 Jun 7;20:100187. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100187. eCollection 2023 Sep 1.
Stable isotope probing (SIP) is a powerful tool to study microbial community structure and function in both nature and engineered environments. Coupling with advanced genomics and other techniques, SIP studies have generated substantial information to allow researchers to draw a clearer picture of what is occurring in complex microbial ecosystems. This review provides an overview of the advances of SIP-based technologies over time, summarizes the status of SIP applications to contaminant biodegradation, provides critical perspectives on ecological interactions within the community, and important factors (controllable and non-controllable) to be considered in SIP experimental designs and data interpretation. Current trend and perspectives of adapting SIP techniques for environmental applications are also discussed.
稳定同位素探测(SIP)是研究自然环境和工程环境中微生物群落结构与功能的强大工具。通过与先进的基因组学及其他技术相结合,SIP研究已产生了大量信息,使研究人员能够更清晰地了解复杂微生物生态系统中正在发生的情况。本文综述了基于SIP的技术随时间的进展,总结了SIP在污染物生物降解方面的应用现状,对群落内的生态相互作用提供了批判性观点,以及在SIP实验设计和数据解释中需考虑的重要因素(可控和不可控)。还讨论了将SIP技术应用于环境领域的当前趋势和前景。