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#Materials and Methods  
 
#Materials and Methods  
#*Strains and Culture Conditions
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#*'''Strains and Culture Conditions'''
 
#** 18 strains in the ''Burkholderia cepacia'' group
 
#** 18 strains in the ''Burkholderia cepacia'' group
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#**Plated on agar plates at 37 degrees Celsius over night
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#**Cultures diluted in broth and incubated at 37 degrees Celsius
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#*'''Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)'''
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#**Used EUCAST broth microdiluation protocol to find MICs
 
#**
 
#**
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#*'''Quantification of Persister Cells in Biofilms and Planktonic Cultures'''
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#**Aim: to see how many surviving persister cells there are
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#**Day old biofilms and planktonic cultures were treated with tobramycin and ciprofloxacin
 +
#**Used 96 well micro titer plate for growth
 +
#**After 24 hrs, the supernatant was removed and put into antibiotic solution mixed in physiological saline
 +
#**Cells were harvested and plated onto agar plates
 +
#**Planktonic cultures needed extra preparation to reach optical density of 1
 +
#*'''RNA Extraction and Microarray Analysis'''
 +
#**Biofilms exposed to either antibiotic or 0.9% salt solution
 +
#**After 24hr, the sessile cells were prepped to take out the RNA
 +
#**Right before microarray analysis, the samples were concentrated and amplified
 +
#**Gene expression analysis was executed
 +
#**Data used 2 color Agilent microarrays
 +
#** T-test analysis was used
 +
#*'''Quantitative RT-PCR'''
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#** Chose 11 selected genes to use RT-qPCR on
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#**RNA was extracted from biofilms
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#**
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#*'''Flow Cytometry'''
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#**Aim: to see induction of reactive oxygen species by tobramycin
 +
#**Stained biofilms with ROS-specific dyes
 +
#** Dye sits for 30 mins in the dark
 +
#** Rinsed off and physiological saline was added in well
 +
#** Cells harvested and resuspended in diluted physiological saline
 +
#**Cells were measured using flow cytometer
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#**50,000 cells per sample
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 09:04, 16 November 2015

10 Biological Terms and Definitions

Article Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Materials and Methods
    • Strains and Culture Conditions
      • 18 strains in the Burkholderia cepacia group
      • Plated on agar plates at 37 degrees Celsius over night
      • Cultures diluted in broth and incubated at 37 degrees Celsius
    • Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)
      • Used EUCAST broth microdiluation protocol to find MICs
    • Quantification of Persister Cells in Biofilms and Planktonic Cultures
      • Aim: to see how many surviving persister cells there are
      • Day old biofilms and planktonic cultures were treated with tobramycin and ciprofloxacin
      • Used 96 well micro titer plate for growth
      • After 24 hrs, the supernatant was removed and put into antibiotic solution mixed in physiological saline
      • Cells were harvested and plated onto agar plates
      • Planktonic cultures needed extra preparation to reach optical density of 1
    • RNA Extraction and Microarray Analysis
      • Biofilms exposed to either antibiotic or 0.9% salt solution
      • After 24hr, the sessile cells were prepped to take out the RNA
      • Right before microarray analysis, the samples were concentrated and amplified
      • Gene expression analysis was executed
      • Data used 2 color Agilent microarrays
      • T-test analysis was used
    • Quantitative RT-PCR
      • Chose 11 selected genes to use RT-qPCR on
      • RNA was extracted from biofilms
    • Flow Cytometry
      • Aim: to see induction of reactive oxygen species by tobramycin
      • Stained biofilms with ROS-specific dyes
      • Dye sits for 30 mins in the dark
      • Rinsed off and physiological saline was added in well
      • Cells harvested and resuspended in diluted physiological saline
      • Cells were measured using flow cytometer
      • 50,000 cells per sample

Links

Vpachec3 User Page