A Method for Sample Preparation to Visualize Biofilm Forming Bacteria on Fungal Hyphae
Published: March 29, 2024
Abstract
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.
Protocol
1. Preparation of an In Vitro Biofilm of Bacteria on the Fungal Colony Centrifuge the bacterial culture at 5,000 x g for 3 min and suspend the pellet in 25 ml of sterile 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer (25 g/L KH2PO4 and 2.78 g/L K2HPO4, pH 5.8). Repeat this step once and adjust the final bacterial concentration to 109 cells/ml with the same buffer. Fill a 6-well microplate with 5 ml of the bacterial suspension (or ste…
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Materials
| 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 |
