Микротитровальные Блюдо образование биопленки Пробирной
Summary
Анализ описывает быстрый способ для измерения раннего образования биопленки у бактерий и грибков. Этот метод использует планшет в качестве субстрата для микробной образование биопленки и биопленки визуализируется использованием штамма кристаллический фиолетовый. Препарат обеспечивает либо качественных или количественных тест для раннего образования биопленки.
Abstract
Biofilms are communities of microbes attached to surfaces, which can be found in medical, industrial and natural settings. In fact, life in a biofilm probably represents the predominate mode of growth for microbes in most environments. Mature biofilms have a few distinct characteristics. Biofilm microbes are typically surrounded by an extracellular matrix that provides structure and protection to the community. Microbes growing in a biofilm also have a characteristic architecture generally comprised of macrocolonies (containing thousands of cells) surrounded by fluid-filled channels. Biofilm-grown microbes are also notorious for their resistance to a range of antimicrobial agents including clinically relevant antibiotics.
The microtiter dish assay is an important tool for the study of the early stages in biofilm formation, and has been applied primarily for the study of bacterial biofilms, although this assay has also been used to study fungal biofilm formation. Because this assay uses static, batch-growth conditions, it does not allow for the formation of the mature biofilms typically associated with flow cell systems. However, the assay has been effective at identifying many factors required for initiation of biofilm formation (i.e, flagella, pili, adhesins, enzymes involved in cyclic-di-GMP binding and metabolism) and well as genes involved in extracellular polysaccharide production. Furthermore, published work indicates that biofilms grown in microtiter dishes do develop some properties of mature biofilms, such a antibiotic tolerance and resistance to immune system effectors.
This simple microtiter dish assay allows for the formation of a biofilm on the wall and/or bottom of a microtiter dish. The high throughput nature of the assay makes it useful for genetic screens, as well as testing biofilm formation by multiple strains under various growth conditions. Variants of this assay have been used to assess early biofilm formation for a wide variety of microbes, including but not limited to, pseudomonads, Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli, staphylocci, enterococci, mycobacteria and fungi.
In the protocol described here, we will focus on the use of this assay to study biofilm formation by the model organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this assay, the extent of biofilm formation is measured using the dye crystal violet (CV). However, a number of other colorimetric and metabolic stains have been reported for the quantification of biofilm formation using the microtiter plate assay. The ease, low cost and flexibility of the microtiter plate assay has made it a critical tool for the study of biofilms.
Protocol
Discussion
Этот метод может быть модифицирована для использования в самых разнообразных видов микроорганизмов. Подвижные микробы обычно придерживаются стен и / или днища колодцев, в то время как неподвижные микроорганизмы обычно придерживаются на дно скважины. Оптимальные условия для образова?…
Disclosures
The authors have nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Спасибо Шерри Кучма, Пит Ньюэлл и Роберт Шанкс для обеспечения изображения на рисунке 1. Эта работа была поддержана NIH грант R01AI083256 в ГАО
Materials
| Material Name | Type | Company | Catalogue Number | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 X M63 | Prepare as a 5X M63 stock by dissolving 15g KH2PO4, 35g K2HPO4 and 10g (NH4)2SO4 in 1 L of water. This stock does not need to be autoclaved and can be stored at room temperature. Dilute 5X stock 1:5, autoclave, cool, then add the desired components. | |||
| KH2PO4 | Fisher | P285-500 | ||
| K2HPO4 | Fisher | P288-500 | ||
| (NH4)2SO4 | Sigma | A5132 | ||
| Magnesium sulfate | Fisher | M63-500 | Add to 1 mM final concentration. Prepare as a 1 M stock in water and autoclave. | |
| Glucose | Fisher | D16-3 | Add to 0.2% final concentration. Prepare as a 20% stock in water and autoclave. | |
| Casamino acids | Beckton-Dickinson | 223050 | Add to 0.5% final concentration. Prepare as a 20% stock in water and autoclave. | |
| Arginine | Sigma | A5131 | Add to 0.4% final concentration. Prepare as a 20% stock in water and filter sterilize. This alternative carbon/energy source can replace glucose and casamino acids | |
| Microtiter plates | Beckton-Dickinson | 353911 | Falcon 3911, Microtest III, Flexible assay plates, 96 well, U-bottom, non-sterile, non-tissue-culture treated. | |
| Microtiter plate lids | Beckton-Dickinson | 353913 | The lids can be reused by cleaning with 95% ethanol in water. | |
| Crystal violet | Sigma | 229641000 | Prepare as a 0.1% solution in water. |
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