Ink-Jet Printing of Encapsulated Bacteria
| Autor: | Faith M. Coldren, Elizabeth Palavecino, David L. Carroll, John B. McGuirt, Nicole H. Levi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science biology Capsule Nanotechnology Polysaccharide medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification Bacterial cell structure chemistry Staphylococcus aureus Ultrastructure medicine Biophysics Extracellular Encapsulated bacteria Bacteria circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | MRS Proceedings. 921 |
| ISSN: | 1946-4274 0272-9172 |
| DOI: | 10.1557/proc-0921-t05-26 |
| Popis: | Even though viability for printed bacteria has been demonstrated, the effect of thermal ink-jet printing on cellular ultrastructures is unknown. Retention of viability is useful when colony growth is desired. However, when bacteria are isolated from a human infection they often exhibit characteristics that can be lost when grown in standard laboratory cultures. Ideally, individual bacteria from an infection could be printed and studied without extensive culturing or processing.We have investigated the gram-positive organism Staphylococcus aureus and the extracellular polymeric ultrastructure that encapsulates the bacterial cell. The capsule is composed of cell-wall associated polysaccharides. Our goal was to use ink-jet printing to spatially control the placement of S. aureus, without affecting the extracellular ultrastructure. Observation by scanning electron microscopy comparing the integrity and uniformity of encapsulated S. aureus before and after thermal ink-jet printing suggests that the capsule is disrupted, possibly completely removed, during printing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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