This protocol describes the extraction of volatile organic compounds from a biological sample with the vacuum-assisted sorbent extraction method, gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry using the Entech Sample Preparation Rail, and data analysis. It also describes culture of biological samples and stable isotope probing.
Phan, J., Kapcia III, J., Rodriguez, C. I., Vogel, V. L., Cardin, D. B., Dunham, S. J. B., Whiteson, K. Capturing Actively Produced Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds from Human-Associated Samples with Vacuum-Assisted Sorbent Extraction. J. Vis. Exp. (184), e62547, doi:10.3791/62547 (2022).