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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2010

Microchannel-nanopore device for bacterial chemotaxis assays.

Michelle L Kovarik, Pamela J B Brown, David T Kysela, Cécile Berne, Anna C Kinsella, Yves V Brun, Stephen C Jacobson

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelle L KovarikDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
Pamela J B Brown
David T Kysela
Cécile Berne
Anna C Kinsella
Yves V Brun
Stephen C Jacobson
Indiana University Bloomington · US

Funding

GLOBAL CONTROL OF DIFFERENTIATION IN CAULOBACTERR01GM051986 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI BRUN, YVES V · 1995 to 2016
$6.0M
Mechanism of Caulobacter adhesionR01GM077648 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI BRUN, YVES V · 2007 to 2011
$1.5M
Nutrient Uptake by the Stalk of Caulobacter crescentusF32AI072992 · NIAID · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, PAMELA JANE BONNER · 2007 to 2009
$148k
Aging in appendaged bacteriaF32GM083581 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI KYSELA, DAVID · 2009 to 2011
$144k
NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI072992NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM083581NIGMS NIH HHS F32GM083581NIGMS NIH HHS GM077648NIGMS NIH HHS GM51986NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051986NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077648PHS HHS F32A1072993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motile bacteria bias the random walk of their motion in response to chemical gradients by the process termed chemotaxis, which allows cells to accumulate in favorable environments and disperse from less favorable ones. In this work, we describe a simple microchannel-nanopore device that establishes a stable chemical gradient for chemotaxis assays in ≤1 min. Chemoattractant is dispensed by diffusion through 10 nm diameter pores at the intersection of two microchannels. This design requires no external pump and minimizes the effect of transmembrane pressure, resulting in a stable, reproducible gradient. The microfluidic platform facilitates microscopic observation of individual cell trajectories, and chemotaxis is quantified by monitoring changes in cell swimming behavior in the vicinity of the intersection. We validate this system by measuring the chemotactic response of an aquatic bacterium, Caulobacter crescentus, to xylose concentrations from 1.3 μM to 1.3 M. Additionally, we make an unanticipated observation of increased turn frequency in a chemotaxis-impaired mutant which provides new insight into the chemotaxis pathway in C. crescentus.

Indexed as

ChemotaxisMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesNanoporesCaulobacter crescentusDiffusionDimethylpolysiloxanesMembranes, ArtificialMutationReproducibility of ResultsXylosebaysilonDimethylpolysiloxanesMembranes, ArtificialXylose

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PMID20961116
PMCPMC2992552
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