Journal: Biotechnology Reports

Article Title: High-throughput microarray for antimicrobial susceptibility testing

doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2017.10.004

Figure Lengend Snippet: High-throughput AST chip. (A) A schematic of high-throughput antimicrobial susceptibility testing using AST-Chip. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing using the chip can be conducted in 12 h; Microarray micrograph of S. aureus cultures formed on hydrogel spots of AST-Chip after 12–18 h. The spots are interspaced at 1 mm with a spot diameter of 0.5 mm; The nano-biofilms analyzed using FUN-1 is demonstrated in green color; (B) BacLight live/dead assay shows metabolically active cells in yellow-orange color, present as colonies. The scale bar is 100 μm; (C) SEM micrograph of S. aureus nano-biofilm colonies. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

Article Snippet: Any subsequent dilutions needed for the antimicrobial susceptibility assays were made in PBS, mixed in a suspension of 0.5% alginate, and optimized media, and 50 nL of this mixture was spotted using a non-contact microarray spotter (Omnigrid Micro, Digilab Inc., Holliston, MA) on modified glass slides.

Techniques: High Throughput Screening Assay, Microarray, Live Dead Assay, Metabolic Labelling

Journal: Biotechnology Reports

Article Title: High-throughput microarray for antimicrobial susceptibility testing

doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2017.10.004

Figure Lengend Snippet: Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of S. aureus . AST of methicillin against wild-type (UAMS-1WT) and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). (A) Microarray scanner image of AST-Chip with S. aureus cultures exposed to different concentrations of methicillin [MET]. The viability is indicated by the fluorescence intensity of the spots. (B) Scanning electron micrographs of S. aureus biofilms that are untreated (top) or treated with 10 μg/ml MET (bottom); (C) Dose-response profile of S. aureus cultures obtained using AST-Chip.

Article Snippet: Any subsequent dilutions needed for the antimicrobial susceptibility assays were made in PBS, mixed in a suspension of 0.5% alginate, and optimized media, and 50 nL of this mixture was spotted using a non-contact microarray spotter (Omnigrid Micro, Digilab Inc., Holliston, MA) on modified glass slides.

Techniques: Microarray, Fluorescence