Source: Guennoc, Cora Miquel, et al, A New Method for Qualitative Multi-scale Analysis of Bacterial Biofilms on Filamentous Fungal Colonies Using Confocal and Electron Microscopy. J. Vis. Exp. (2017).
This video describes a method to grow and qualitatively analyze bacterial biofilms on fungal hyphae using microscopy. Bacterial biofilms frequently form on fungal surfaces and involve numerous bacterial-fungal interaction processes, such as metabolic cooperation, competition, or predation.
1. Preparation of an In Vitro Biofilm of Bacteria on the Fungal Colony
2. Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy Analysis of the Biofilm Formation
The authors have nothing to disclose.
6 well Falcon Tissue Culture Plates | Fisher Scientific | 08-772-33 | Used in 2.2 & 3.1 |
Congo Red | Fisher Scientific | C580-25 | Used in 3.1.4.1 |
FUN 1 Cell Stain | Thermo Fisher Scientific | F7030 | Used in 3.1.4.1 |
Wheat Germ Agglutinin, Alexa Fluor 633 Conjugate | Thermo Fisher Scientific | W21404 | Used in 3.1.4.1 |
DAPI solution | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 62248 | Used in 3.1.4.2 |
Propidium iodide | Thermo Fisher Scientific | P3566 | Used in 3.1.4.3 |
FilmTracer SYPRO Ruby Biofilm Matrix protein Stain | Thermo Fisher Scientific | F10318 | Used in 3.1.4.4 |
Fluoromount-G Slide Mounting Medium | Fisher Scientific | OB100-01 | Used in 3.1.7 |
LSM780 Axio Observer Z1 | Zeiss | Used in 3.2.1 | |
ZEN 2.1 lite black software | Zeiss | Used in 3.2.1 | |
High Vacuum Coater Leica EM ACE600 | Leica | Used in 4 | |
GeminiSEM-FEG | Zeiss | Used in 4 |