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IDENTIFYING GENES INVOLVED IN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND SENSITIVITY IN BACTERIA USING MICROCULTURES
IDENTIFYING GENES INVOLVED IN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND SENSITIVITY IN BACTERIA USING MICROCULTURES
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机译:利用微生物学鉴定涉及细菌的抗细菌性和敏感性的基因
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Described is a method for identifying a gene which mediates antibiotic sensitivity or resistance in a target bacterium, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating a pool of mutant target bacteria by transposon mutagenesis with an activating transposon (TnA), wherein the TnA comprises an outward-facing promoter (TnAP) capable of increasing transcription of a gene at or near its insertion site in the DNA of said target cells; (b) generating a control microdroplet library by encapsulating individual members of the pool of step (a) in microdroplets, the microdroplets comprising a volume of aqueous growth media suspended in an immiscible carrier liquid, each microdroplet comprising a single mutant target cell; (c)generating a test microdroplet library by encapsulating individual members of the pool of step (a) in microdroplets, the microdroplets comprising a volume of aqueous growth media containing the antibiotic and suspended in an immiscible carrier liquid, each microdroplet comprising a single mutant target cell; (d) incubating the control and test microdroplet libraries to produce control and test microcultures; and (e) comparing the distribution of TnA insertions between control and test microcultures to identify a gene which mediates antibiotic sensitivity or resistance in said target bacterium.
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