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Table 1 Overview of the energy charge obtained by the different investigated methods

From: Methodological approaches to help unravel the intracellular metabolome of Bacillus subtilis

Sampling method

Energy charge

5 min centrifugation, without washing (cooled 60% EtOH)

0.36 ± 0.076

Filtration, including washing (cooled H 2 O)

0.23 ± 0.140

Filtration, including washing (cooled MeOH/H 2 O/CHCl 3 -mixture)

0.28 ± 0.129

Filtration, including washing (boiling 60% EtOH)

0.19 ± 0.055

Filtration, including washing (cooled 60% EtOH)

0.43 ± 0.077

Filtration, including washing (cooled 60% EtOH ⇨ CHCl 3 )

0.41 ± 0.069

Filtration, including washing (cooled 60% EtOH ⇨ H 2 O)

0.43 ± 0.099

Filtration, without washing (cooled 60% EtOH ⇨ H 2 O)

0.71 ± 0.040

N 2 cooling, filtration, without washing (cooled 60% EtOH ⇨ ACN)

0.80 ± 0.016

N 2 cooling, filtration, without washing (cooled 60% EtOH ⇨ H 2 O)

0.81 ± 0.033

  1. The used extraction solutions for each method are indicated in the brackets.