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Kulshrestha A, Gupta P. Real-time biofilm detection techniques: advances and applications. Future Microbiol 2024; 19:1003-1016. [PMID: 38904296 PMCID: PMC11318681 DOI: 10.1080/17460913.2024.2350285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Microbial biofilms, complex assemblies enveloped in extracellular matrices, are significant contributors to various infections. Traditional in vitro biofilm characterization methods, though informative, often disrupt the biofilm structure. The need to address biofilm-related infections urgently emphasizes the importance of continuous monitoring and timely interventions. This review provides a focused examination of advancements in real-time biofilm detection techniques, specifically in electrochemical, optical and mechanical systems. The potential applications of real-time detection in managing and monitoring biofilm growth in industrial settings, preventing medical infections, comprehending biofilm dynamics and evaluating control strategies highlight the necessity for it. Crucially, the review emphasizes the importance of evaluating these methods for their accuracy and reliability in real-time biofilm detection, offering valuable insights for precise interventions across various applications.
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- Anmol Kulshrestha
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Verma S, Kuila A, Jacob S. Role of Biofilms in Waste Water Treatment. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2023; 195:5618-5642. [PMID: 36094648 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-04163-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Biofilm cells have a different physiology than planktonic cells, which has been the focus of most research. Biofilms are complex biostructures that form on any surface that comes into contact with water on a regular basis. They are dynamic, structurally complex systems having characteristics of multicellular animals and multiple ecosystems. The three themes covered in this review are biofilm ecology, biofilm reactor technology and design, and biofilm modeling. Membrane-supported biofilm reactors, moving bed biofilm reactors, granular sludge, and integrated fixed-film activated sludge processes are all examples of biofilm reactors used for water treatment. Biofilm control and/or beneficial application in membrane processes are improving. Biofilm models have become critical tools for biofilm foundational research as well as biofilm reactor architecture and design. At the same time, the differences between biofilm modeling and biofilm reactor modeling methods are acknowledged.
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- Samakshi Verma
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, 304022, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, 304022, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Chengalpattu Dist., Kattankulathur, 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Mustafa RA, Parkkila P, Rosenholm JM, Zhang H, Viitala T. Monitoring silica core@shell nanoparticle-bacterial film interactions using the multi-parametric surface plasmon resonance technique. SMART MEDICINE 2023; 2:e20230012. [PMID: 39188349 PMCID: PMC11236032 DOI: 10.1002/smmd.20230012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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In a healthcare setting, biofilms are a major source of infection and difficult to eradicate once formed. Nanoparticles (NPs) can be designed to effectively penetrate biofilms to more efficiently either deliver antibiotic drugs throughout the biofilm matrix or elicit inherent antibiofilm activity. Antibacterial cerium oxide (CeO2) NPs were employed as core material and coated with a mesoporous silica shell (MSN) to generate cerium oxide coated mesoporous silica NPs (CeO2@MSN). Detailed studies of NP-biofilm interactions are required to rationally develop NP platforms to prevent biofilm-related infections. This work developed and implemented a unique label-free analysis platform for the real-time monitoring of bacterial biofilm formation and then assessed the interactions of antibacterial NPs. An analysis platform which allows bacterial biofilms to grow and develop in situ in flow within the multi-parametric surface plasmon resonance (MP-SPR) instrument was established. This enabled simultaneous monitoring and detection of biofilm growth phases, structure, and interactions between differentially charged CeO2@MSNs and bacterial biofilms. Positively charged antibacterial NPs (polyethyleneimine functionalized CeO2@MSNs) were found to be the most efficient to penetrate the biofilm. The MP-SPR analysis platform was shown to be a powerful tool for monitoring biofilm development in real-time and to analyze biofilm properties and NP-biofilm interactions.
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- Rawand A. Mustafa
- Pharmaceutical Sciences LaboratoryFaculty of Science and EngineeringÅbo Akademi UniversityTurkuFinland
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- Division of Nano and BiophysicsDepartment of PhysicsChalmers University of TechnologyGothenburgSweden
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences LaboratoryFaculty of Science and EngineeringÅbo Akademi UniversityTurkuFinland
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences LaboratoryFaculty of Science and EngineeringÅbo Akademi UniversityTurkuFinland
- Drug Research ProgramDivision of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and TechnologyFaculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Turku Bioscience CentreUniversity of Turku and Åbo Akademi UniversityTurkuFinland
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences LaboratoryFaculty of Science and EngineeringÅbo Akademi UniversityTurkuFinland
- Drug Research ProgramDivision of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and TechnologyFaculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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Bajaj A, Abutoama M, Isaacs S, Abuleil MJ, Yaniv K, Kushmaro A, Modic M, Cvelbar U, Abdulhalim I. Biofilm growth monitoring using guided wave ultralong-range Surface Plasmon Resonance: A proof of concept. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 228:115204. [PMID: 36913883 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023]
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Unwelcomed biofilms are problematic in food industries, surgical devices, marine applications, and wastewater treatment plants, essentially everywhere where there is moisture. Very recently, label-free advanced sensors such as localized and extended surface plasmon resonance (SPR) have been explored as tools for monitoring biofilm formation. However, conventional noble metal SPR substrates suffer from low penetration depth (100-300 nm) into the dielectric medium above the surface, preventing the reliable detection of large entities of single or multi-layered cell assemblies like biofilms which can grow up to a few micrometers or more. In this study, we propose using a plasmonic insulator-metal-insulator (IMI) structure (SiO2-Ag-SiO2) with a higher penetration depth based on a diverging beam single wavelength format of Kretschmann configuration in a portable SPR device. An SPR line detection algorithm for locating the reflectance minimum of the device helps to view changes in refractive index and accumulation of the biofilm in real-time down to 10-7 RIU precision. The optimized IMI structure exhibits strong penetration dependence on wavelength and incidence angle. Within the plasmonic resonance, different angles penetrate different depths, showing a maximum near the critical angle. At the wavelength of 635 nm, a high penetration depth of more than 4 μm was obtained. Compared to a thin gold film substrate, for which the penetration depth is only ∼200 nm, the IMI substrate provides more reliable results. The average thickness of the biofilm after 24 h of growth was found to be between 6 and 7 μm with ∼63% live cell volume, as estimated from confocal microscopic images using an image processing tool. To explain this saturation thickness, a graded index biofilm structure is proposed in which the refractive index decreases with the distance from the interface. Furthermore, when plasma-assisted degeneration of biofilms was studied in a semi-real-time format, there was almost no effect on the IMI substrate compared to the gold substrate. The growth rate over the SiO2 surface was higher than on gold, possibly due to differences between surface charge effects. On the gold, the excited plasmon generates an oscillating cloud of electrons, while for the SiO2 case, this does not happen. This methodology can be utilized to detect and characterize biofilms with better signal reliability with respect to concentration and size dependence.
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- Aabha Bajaj
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Electro-optics and Photonics Engineering, ECE School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Electro-optics and Photonics Engineering, ECE School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Electro-optics and Photonics Engineering, ECE School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel; Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel; School of Sustainability and Climate Change, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Gaseous Electronics (F6), Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Gaseous Electronics (F6), Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel; Department of Electro-optics and Photonics Engineering, ECE School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel.
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Technique Evolutions for Microorganism Detection in Complex Samples: A Review. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12125892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rapid detection of microorganisms is a major challenge in the medical and industrial sectors. In a pharmaceutical laboratory, contamination of medical products may lead to severe health risks for patients, such as sepsis. In the specific case of advanced therapy medicinal products, contamination must be detected as early as possible to avoid late production stop and unnecessary costs. Unfortunately, the conventional methods used to detect microorganisms are based on time-consuming and labor-intensive approaches. Therefore, it is important to find new tools to detect microorganisms in a shorter time frame. This review sums up the current methods and represents the evolution in techniques for microorganism detection. First, there is a focus on promising ligands, such as aptamers and antimicrobial peptides, cheaper to produce and with a broader spectrum of detection. Then, we describe methods achieving low limits of detection, thanks to Raman spectroscopy or precise handling of samples through microfluids devices. The last part is dedicated to techniques in real-time, such as surface plasmon resonance, preventing the risk of contamination. Detection of pathogens in complex biological fluids remains a scientific challenge, and this review points toward important areas for future research.
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Microbial biofilms have caused serious concerns in healthcare, medical, and food industries because of their intrinsic resistance against conventional antibiotics and cleaning procedures and their capability to firmly adhere on surfaces for persistent contamination. These global issues strongly motivate researchers to develop novel methodologies to investigate the kinetics underlying biofilm formation, to understand the response of the biofilm with different chemical and physical treatments, and to identify biofilm-specific drugs with high-throughput screenings. Meanwhile microbial biofilms can also be utilized positively as sensing elements in cell-based sensors due to their strong adhesion on surfaces. In this perspective, we provide an overview on the connections between sensing and microbial biofilms, focusing on tools used to investigate biofilm properties, kinetics, and their response to chemicals or physical agents, and biofilm-based sensors, a type of biosensor using the bacterial biofilm as a biorecognition element to capture the presence of the target of interest by measuring the metabolic activity of the immobilized microbial cells. Finally we discuss possible new research directions for the development of robust and rapid biofilm related sensors with high temporal and spatial resolutions, pertinent to a wide range of applications.
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- Riccardo Funari
- Dipartimento di Fisica “M. Merlin”, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola, 173, Bari 70125, Italy
- CNR, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Via Amendola, 173, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Yu J, Wu H, He L, Tan L, Jia Z, Gan N. The universal dual-mode aptasensor for simultaneous determination of different bacteria based on naked eyes and microfluidic-chip together with magnetic DNA encoded probes. Talanta 2020; 225:122062. [PMID: 33592781 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.122062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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It was critically important to develop some sensitive, convenient and on-site methods for simultaneous assay of different pathogenic bacteria in foods. In this work, a dual-mode aptasensor was established for fulfilling above aims combing colorimetry with microfluidic chip. This as-prepared dual-mode aptasensor not only realized rapid screening by naked eye on-site, but also the simultaneous quantification of multiple bacteria. Namely, the presence of pathogenic bacteria was firstly judged by naked eyes with Salmonella typhimurium (S.T) and Vibrio parahaemolyticus (V.P) as models. And then, S.T and V.P in positive samples were simultaneously quantified by microfluidic chip. In order to obtain the multiple signals, a series of magnetic DNA encoded-probes (MDEs) was fabricated containing rolling cycle amplified long DNA chain (RCA-DNA) rich in G-quadruplex sequences. They can combine with hemin as DNAzyme to catalyze 3,3'-5,5'-Tetramethyl benzidine (TMB)-H2O2 system for color development and be cleaved by EcoRV endonuclease to produce DNA fragments with different lengths. The microfluidic chip was employed to separate and quantify the fragments for quantifying S.T and V.P simultaneously. For this protocol, 100 CFU·mL-1 of V.P or S.T could be observed by the naked eye and as low as 32 S.T and 30 CFU·mL-1 V.P could be detected by the chip within 3 min. The dual-mode aptasensor could quickly screen positive samples, and simultaneously perform quantitative detection of the bacteria in positive samples. Our protocol demonstrated its potential in on-site qualification & simultaneous quantification of foodborne bacteria in foods.
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- Jiale Yu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, 315211, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, 315211, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, 315211, PR China
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- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, 510000, PR China
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- School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, 315200, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, 315211, PR China.
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Gul B, Ashraf S, Khan S, Nisar H, Ahmad I. Cell refractive index: Models, insights, applications and future perspectives. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2020; 33:102096. [PMID: 33188939 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.102096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cell refractive index (RI) is an intrinsic optical parameter that governs the propagation of light (i.e., scattering and absorption) in the cell matrix. The RI of cell is sensitively correlated with its mass distribution and thereby has the capability to provide important insights for diverse biological models. Herein, we review the cell refractive index and the fundamental models for measurement of cell RI, summarize the published RI data of cell and cell organelles and discuss the associated insights. Illustrative applications of cell RI in cell biology are also outlined. Finally, future research trends and applications of cell RI, including novel imaging techniques, reshaping flow cytometry and microfluidic platforms for single cell manipulation are discussed. The rapid technological advances in optical imaging integrated with microfluidic regime seems to enable deeper understanding of subcellular dynamics with high spatio-temporal resolution in real time.
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- Banat Gul
- Department of Basic Sciences, Military College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, The Women University Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Islamia College Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
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- Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM), Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Golden J, Yates MD, Halsted M, Tender L. Application of electrochemical surface plasmon resonance (ESPR) to the study of electroactive microbial biofilms. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:25648-25656. [PMID: 30289415 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03898h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Electrochemical surface plasmon resonance (ESPR) monitors faradaic processes optically by the change in refractive index that occurs with a change in redox state at the electrode surface. Here we apply ESPR to investigate the anode-grown Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilm (GSB), a model system used to study electroactive microbial biofilms (EABFs) which perform electrochemical reactions using electrodes as metabolic electron acceptors or donors. A substantial body of evidence indicates that electron transfer reactions among hemes of c-type cytochromes (c-Cyt) play major roles in the extracellular electron transfer (EET) pathways that connect intracellular metabolic processes of cells in an EABF to the electrode surface. The results reported here reveal that when the potential of the electrode is changed from relatively oxidizing (0.40 V vs. SHE) to reducing (-0.55 V vs. SHE) and then back to oxidizing, 70% of c-Cyt residing closest to the biofilm/electrode (within hundreds of nm from the electrode surface) appear to remain trapped in the reduced state, requiring as long as 12 hours to be re-oxidized. c-Cyt storing electrons cannot contribute to EET, yet turnover current resulting from cellular oxidation of acetate coupled with EET to the electrode surface is unaffected. This suggests that a relatively small fraction of c-Cyt residing closest to the biofilm/electrode interface is involved in EET while the majority store electrons. The results also reveal that biomass density at the biofilm/electrode interface increases rapidly during lag phase, reaching its maximum value at the onset of exponential biofilm growth when turnover current begins to rapidly increase.
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- Joel Golden
- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, 20375, USA.
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Funari R, Bhalla N, Chu KY, Söderström B, Shen AQ. Nanoplasmonics for Real-Time and Label-Free Monitoring of Microbial Biofilm Formation. ACS Sens 2018; 3:1499-1509. [PMID: 30062880 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Microbial biofilms possess intrinsic resistance against conventional antibiotics and cleaning procedures; thus, a better understanding of their complex biological structures is crucial in both medical and industrial applications. Existing laboratory methodologies have focused on macroscopic and mostly indirect characterization of mechanical and microbiological properties of biofilms adhered on a given substrate. However, the kinetics underlying the biofilm formation is not well understood, while such information is critical to understanding how drugs and chemicals influence the biofilm formation. Herein, we report the use of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for real-time, label-free monitoring of E. coli biofilm assembly on a nanoplasmonic substrate consisting of gold mushroom-like structures. Our LSPR sensor is able to capture the signatures of biofilm formation in real-time by measuring the wavelength shift in the LSPR resonance peak with high temporal resolution. We employ this sensor feature to elucidate how biofilm formation is affected by different drugs, including conventional antibiotics (kanamycin and ampicillin) as well as rifapentine, a molecule preventing cell adhesion yet barely affecting bacterial viability and vitality. Due to its flexibility and simplicity, our LSPR based platform can be used on a wide variety of clinically relevant bacteria, thus representing a valuable tool in biofilm characterization and drug screening.
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Badieyan S, Dilmaghani-Marand A, Hajipour MJ, Ameri A, Razzaghi MR, Rafii-Tabar H, Mahmoudi M, Sasanpour P. Detection and Discrimination of Bacterial Colonies with Mueller Matrix Imaging. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10815. [PMID: 30018335 PMCID: PMC6050273 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29059-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The polarization imaging technique is a powerful approach to probe microstructural and optical information of biological structures (e.g., tissue samples). Here, we have studied the polarization properties of different bacterial colonies in order to evaluate the possibility of bacterial detection and discrimination. In this regard, we have taken the backscattering Mueller matrix images of four different bacteria colonies (i.e., Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Rhodococcus erythropolis, and Staphylococcus aureus). Although the images have the potential to distinguish qualitatively different bacterial colonies, we explored more accurate and quantitative parameters criteria for discrimination of bacterial samples; more specifically, we have exploited the Mueller matrix polar decomposition (MMPD),frequency distribution histogram (FDH), and central moment analysis method. The outcomes demonstrated a superior capacity of Mueller matrix imaging, MMPD, and FDH in bacterial colonies identification and discrimination. This approach might pave the way for a reliable, efficient, and cheap way of identification of infectious diseases.
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- Saeedesadat Badieyan
- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. .,Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. .,School of Nanoscience, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran.
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Magana M, Sereti C, Ioannidis A, Mitchell CA, Ball AR, Magiorkinis E, Chatzipanagiotou S, Hamblin MR, Hadjifrangiskou M, Tegos GP. Options and Limitations in Clinical Investigation of Bacterial Biofilms. Clin Microbiol Rev 2018; 31:e00084-16. [PMID: 29618576 PMCID: PMC6056845 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00084-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bacteria can form single- and multispecies biofilms exhibiting diverse features based upon the microbial composition of their community and microenvironment. The study of bacterial biofilm development has received great interest in the past 20 years and is motivated by the elegant complexity characteristic of these multicellular communities and their role in infectious diseases. Biofilms can thrive on virtually any surface and can be beneficial or detrimental based upon the community's interplay and the surface. Advances in the understanding of structural and functional variations and the roles that biofilms play in disease and host-pathogen interactions have been addressed through comprehensive literature searches. In this review article, a synopsis of the methodological landscape of biofilm analysis is provided, including an evaluation of the current trends in methodological research. We deem this worthwhile because a keyword-oriented bibliographical search reveals that less than 5% of the biofilm literature is devoted to methodology. In this report, we (i) summarize current methodologies for biofilm characterization, monitoring, and quantification; (ii) discuss advances in the discovery of effective imaging and sensing tools and modalities; (iii) provide an overview of tailored animal models that assess features of biofilm infections; and (iv) make recommendations defining the most appropriate methodological tools for clinical settings.
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- Maria Magana
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Department of Microbiology, Thriassio General Hospital, Attiki, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Gliese 623b, Mendon, Massachusetts, USA
- GAMA Therapeutics LLC, Pepperell, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens-Goudi, Greece
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- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Gliese 623b, Mendon, Massachusetts, USA
- GAMA Therapeutics LLC, Pepperell, Massachusetts, USA
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