Application of RNA-seq and Bioimaging Methods to Study Microbe–Microbe Interactions and Their Effects on Biofilm Formation and Gene Expression

Autor: Cristina Isabel Amador, Claus Sternberg, Lars Jelsbak
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Host-Pathogen Interactions ISBN: 9781493976034
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7604-1_12
Popis: Complex interactions between pathogenic bacteria, the microbiota, and the host can modify pathogen physiology and behavior. We describe two different experimental approaches to study microbe-microbe interactions in in vitro systems containing surface-associated microbial populations. One method is the application of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to determine the transcriptional changes in pathogenic bacteria in response to microbial interspecies interactions. The other method combines flow cell devices for bacterial cultivation and growth with high-resolution bioimaging to analyze the microscale structural organization of interacting microbial populations within mixed-species biofilms.
Databáze: OpenAIRE