Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 380, Issue -, Pages 72-77Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.09.068
Keywords
Magnetic micropatterning; Magnetic bacterial cell labeling; Single cell micro-array; Microsystems; Single cell analysis
Funding
- Region Rhone-Alpes
- French National Research Agency [ANR 09-CESA-013]
- labex iMUST of Universite de Lyon
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In various contexts such as pathogen detection or analysts of microbial diversity where cellular heterogeneity must be taken into account, there is a growing need for tools and methods that enable microbiologists to analyze bacterial cells individually. One of the main challenges in the development of new platforms for single cell studies is to perform precise cell positioning, but the ability to specifically target cells is also important in many applications. In this work, we report the development of new strategies to selectively trap single bacterial cells upon large arrays, based on the use of micro magnets Escherichia cell bacteria were used to demonstrate magnetically driven bacterial cell organization. In order to provide a flexible approach adaptable to several applications in the field of microbiology, cells were magnetically and specifically labeled using two different strategies, namely immunomagnetic labeling and magnetic in situ hybridization. Results show that centimeter-sized arrays of targeted, isolated bacteria can be successfully created upon the surface of a flat magnetically patterned hard magnetic film. Efforts are now being directed towards the integration of a detection tool to provide a complete micro-system device for a variety of microbiological applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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