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ArticlePloS one2015

The Design of Simple Bacterial Microarrays: Development towards Immobilizing Single Living Bacteria on Predefined Micro-Sized Spots on Patterned Surfaces.

Nina Bjørk Arnfinnsdottir, Vegar Ottesen, Rahmi Lale, Marit Sletmoen

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nina Bjørk ArnfinnsdottirBiophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Vegar OttesenBiophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Rahmi LaleDepartment of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Marit SletmoenBiophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate a procedure for preparing bacterial arrays that is fast, easy, and applicable in a standard molecular biology laboratory. Microcontact printing is used to deposit chemicals promoting bacterial adherence in predefined positions on glass surfaces coated with polymers known for their resistance to bacterial adhesion. Highly ordered arrays of immobilized bacteria were obtained using microcontact printed islands of polydopamine (PD) on glass surfaces coated with the antiadhesive polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG). On such PEG-coated glass surfaces, bacteria were attached to 97 to 100% of the PD islands, 21 to 62% of which were occupied by a single bacterium. A viability test revealed that 99% of the bacteria were alive following immobilization onto patterned surfaces. Time series imaging of bacteria on such arrays revealed that the attached bacteria both divided and expressed green fluorescent protein, both of which indicates that this method of patterning of bacteria is a suitable method for single-cell analysis.

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Bacterial AdhesionCell CountCells, ImmobilizedDimethylpolysiloxanesEquipment DesignGlassMicroarray AnalysisMicrobial ViabilityMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroscopy, FluorescencePolyethylene GlycolsPseudomonas putidaQuantum DotsSingle-Cell AnalysisSurface PropertiesDimethylpolysiloxanesPolyethylene Glycols

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PMID26039378
PMCPMC4454678
OpenAlexW629401706

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