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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2026

Dual-BONCAT reveals distinct subpopulations of anabolically active cells.

Dylan Mankel, Yasheng Maierhaba, Claire Momjian, Federica Calabrese, Solange Duhamel, Jeffrey Marlow

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Dylan Mankel *Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yasheng Maierhaba *Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Claire MomjianDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Federica CalabreseDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Solange DuhamelDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Jeffrey MarlowDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2858-8806

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NASA 80NSSC23K0224U.S. Department of Energy DE-SC0022193
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Abstract

Bio-orthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) has emerged as a prominent molecular technique that enables microbial ecologists to visualize and identify metabolically active cells in cultures and complex microbial communities. To date, researchers have used just one non-canonical amino acid (ncAA) in a given experiment; here, we validate a novel approach using two different ncAAs in a single experiment. This advancement facilitates the detection of differentially active subpopulations within the same experimental context, thereby reducing the uncertainty and variability associated with parallel treatments and providing precise spatial information about organisms that are active under distinct conditions or at different times. We show that both ncAAs can be taken up by

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Amino AcidsEscherichia coliMicrobiotaGeologic SedimentsWetlandsAmino Acidsenvironmental microbiologymetabolic activitysalt marsh microbiomesubstrate analog probing

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