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ArticleJournal of microbiology and biotechnology2026

Reduced-Complexity Cultivation of Human Oral Anaerobic Bacteria Using a Microdroplet-Based Culturomics Platform.

Chaeeun Kang, You-Jeong Kim, Min-Gyung Baek, Aram J Chung, Hana Yi

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Article in Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Chaeeun KangIntegrated Biomedical and Life Science, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
You-Jeong KimInterdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
Min-Gyung BaekInstitute for Biomaterials, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
Aram J ChungInterdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
Hana YiIntegrated Biomedical and Life Science, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human oral microbiota contains fastidious anaerobes that remain uncultivated due to resource competition and overgrowth by dominant species in conventional plating. Culturomics approaches leveraging droplet-based microfluidics offer an alternative by physically compartmentalizing microbial cells. We established a polydimethylsiloxane-based microdroplet platform to isolate anaerobic bacteria from human oral rinse samples. Droplet generation conditions were optimized using fluorescent beads, and bacterial loading at the collection-drop level was evaluated using

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Bacteria, AnaerobicBacteriological TechniquesMicrofluidicsMouthCulture MediaDimethylpolysiloxanesHumansMicrobiotaRNA, Ribosomal, 16SbaysilonCulture MediaDimethylpolysiloxanesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SCulturomicsFastidious anaerobesHuman oral microbiotaMicrodroplet microfluidicsReduced-complexity cultivation

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PMID42894962
PMCPMC13686801

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