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Šalplachta J, Kubesová A, Moravcová D, Duša F. Analysis of fungi by capillary electrophoresis. Trends Analyt Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.116947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Chylewska A, Ogryzek M, Makowski M. Modern Approach to Medical Diagnostics - the Use of Separation Techniques in Microorganisms Detection. Curr Med Chem 2019; 26:121-165. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666171023164813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background:Analytical chemistry and biotechnology as an interdisciplinary fields of science have been developed during many years and are experiencing significant growth, to cover a wide range of microorganisms separation techniques and methods, utilized for medical therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Currently scientific reports contribute by introducing electrophoretical and immunological methods and formation of devices applied in food protection (avoiding epidemiological diseases) and healthcare (safety ensuring in hospitals).Methods:Electrophoretic as well as nucleic-acid-based or specific immunological methods have contributed tremendously to the advance of analyses in recent three decades, particularly in relation to bacteria, viruses and fungi identifications, especially in medical in vitro diagnostics, as well as in environmental or food protection.Results:The paper presents the pathogen detection competitiveness of these methods against conventional ones, which are still too time consuming and also labor intensive. The review is presented in several parts following the current trends in improved pathogens separation and detection methods and their subsequent use in medical diagnosis.Discussion:Part one, consists of elemental knowledge about microorganisms as an introduction to their characterization: descriptions of divisions, sizes, membranes (cells) components. Second section includes the development, new technological and practical solution descriptions used in electrophoretical procedures during microbes analyses, with special attention paid to bio-samples analyses like blood, urine, lymph or wastewater. Third part covers biomolecular areas that have created a basis needed to identify the progress, limitations and challenges of nucleic-acid-based and immunological techniques discussed to emphasize the advantages of new separative techniques in selective fractionating of microorganisms.
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- Agnieszka Chylewska
- Laboratory of Intermolecular Interactions, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80- 308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Intermolecular Interactions, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80- 308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Intermolecular Interactions, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80- 308 Gdansk, Poland
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Glatz Z. On-capillary derivatisation as an approach to enhancing sensitivity in capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2014; 36:744-63. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2014] [Revised: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Zdeněk Glatz
- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Science and CEITEC; Masaryk University; Brno Czech Republic
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Horká M, Karásek P, Salplachta J, Růžička F, Vykydalová M, Kubesová A, Dráb V, Roth M, Slais K. Capillary isoelectric focusing of probiotic bacteria from cow's milk in tapered fused silica capillary with off-line matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry identification. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 788:193-9. [PMID: 23845500 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study, combination of capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) in tapered fused silica (FS) capillary with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is presented as an efficient approach for unambiguous identification of probiotic bacteria in real sample. For this purpose, bacteria within genus Lactobacillus were selected as model bioanalytes and cow's milk was selected as a biological sample. CIEF analysis of both the cultivated bacteria and the bacteria in the milk was optimized and isoelectric points characterizing the examined bacteria were subsequently determined independently of the bacterial sample origin. The use of tapered FS capillary significantly enhanced the separation capacity and efficiency of the CIEF analyses performed. In addition, the cell number injected into the tapered FS capillary was quantified and an excellent linearity of the calibration curves was achieved which enabled quantitative analysis of the bacteria by CIEF with UV detection. The minimum detectable number of bacterial cells was 2×10(6) mL(-1). Finally, cow's milk spiked with the selected bacterium was analyzed by CIEF in tapered FS capillary, the focused and detected bacterial cells were collected from the capillary, deposited onto the cultivation medium, and identified using MALDI-TOF MS afterward. Our results have revealed that the proposed procedure can be advantageously used for unambiguous identification of probiotic bacteria in a real sample.
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- Marie Horká
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the ASCR, vvi, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Horká M, Růžička F, Kubesová A, Šlais K. Dynamic labeling of diagnostically significant microbial cells in cerebrospinal fluid by red chromophoric non-ionogenic surfactant for capillary electrophoresis separations. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 728:86-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Szumski M, Kłodzińska E, Dziubakiewicz E, Hrynkiewicz K, Buszewski B. EFFECT OF APPLIED VOLTAGE ON VIABILITY OF BACTERIA DURING SEPARATION UNDER ELECTROPHORETIC CONDITIONS. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2011.593223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Michał Szumski
- a Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry , Nicolaus Copernicus University , Torun , Poland
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- a Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry , Nicolaus Copernicus University , Torun , Poland
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- a Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry , Nicolaus Copernicus University , Torun , Poland
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- b Department of Microbiology , Institute of General and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University , Torun , Poland
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- a Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry , Nicolaus Copernicus University , Torun , Poland
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Subirats X, Blaas D, Kenndler E. Recent developments in capillary and chip electrophoresis of bioparticles: Viruses, organelles, and cells. Electrophoresis 2011; 32:1579-90. [PMID: 21647924 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 02/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In appropriate aqueous buffer solutions, biological particles usually exhibit a particular electric surface charge due to exposed charged or chargeable functional groups (amino acid residues, acidic carbohydrate moieties, etc.). Consequently, these bioparticles can migrate in solution under the influence of an electric field allowing separation according to their electrophoretic mobilities or their pI values. Based on these properties, electromigration methods are of eminent interest for the characterization, separation, and detection of such particles. The present review discusses the research papers published between 2008 and 2010 dealing with isoelectric focusing and zone electrophoresis of viruses, organelles and microorganisms (bacteria and yeast cells) in the capillary and the chip format.
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- Xavier Subirats
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.
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Kubesová A, Horká M, Růžička F, Slais K, Glatz Z. Separation of attogram terpenes by the capillary zone electrophoresis with fluorometric detection. J Chromatogr A 2010; 1217:7288-92. [PMID: 20933239 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An original method based on capillary zone electrophoresis with fluorimetric detection has been developed for the determination of terpenic compounds. The method is based on the separation of a terpenes dynamically labeled by the non-ionogenic tenside poly(ethylene glycol) pyrenebutanoate, which was used previously for the labeling of biopolymers. The background electrolytes were composed of taurine-Tris buffer (pH 8.4). In addition to the non-ionogenic tenside aceton and poly(ethylene glycol) were used as the additives. The capillary zone electrophoresis with fluorometric detection at the excitation wavelength 335 nm and the emission wavelength 463 nm was successfully applied to the analysis of tonalid, cholesterol, vitamin A, ergosterol, estrone and farnesol at level of 10(-17) mol L(-1). Farnesol, is produced by Candida albicans as an extracellular quorum-sensing molecule that influences expression of a number of virulence factors, especially morphogenesis and biofilm formation. It enables this yeast to cause serious nosocomial infections. The sensitivity of this method was demonstrated on the separation of farnesol directly from the cultivation medium.
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- Anna Kubesová
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the ASCR, v.v.i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Shin GW, Hwang HS, Chung B, Jung GY. Recent developments in CE-based detection methods for food-borne pathogens. Electrophoresis 2010; 31:2137-53. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kłodzińska E, Szumski M, Hrynkiewicz K, Dziubakiewicz E, Jackowski M, Buszewski B. Differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus strains by CE, zeta potential and coagulase gene polymorphism. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:3086-3091. [PMID: 19676088 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of infection in both hospitals and the community, and it is becoming increasingly virulent and resistant to antibiotics. Possibilities of fast, sensitive and cheap determination of these pathogenic bacteria are extremely important in antimicrobial therapy. In the present study, CE with chemically modified capillary and zeta potential measurements were used for differentiation of three different clinical strains of S. aureus. The data presented in this contribution suggested that electrophoretic behavior and the values of zeta potential should be very useful in distinguishing between closely related strains, which exhibited coagulase gene/protein polymorphism. Understanding the differences between S. aureus strains could help to improve our knowledge about S. aureus pathogenecity and to monitor for and respond to emergence of more virulent strains.
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- Ewa Kłodzińska
- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of General and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Surgery, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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Horká M, Růžička F, Holá V, Kahle V, Moravcová D, Šlais K. Capillary Electromigration Separation of Proteins and Microorganisms Dynamically Modified by Chromophoric Nonionogenic Surfactant. Anal Chem 2009; 81:6897-904. [DOI: 10.1021/ac900897c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Marie Horká
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
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Wu SF, Chiu TC, Ho WL, Chang HT. Combining capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection for the analysis ofEscherichia colilysates. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:2397-402. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Haugg M, Kaiser V, Schmidtkunz C, Welsch T. The effect of aggregation on the separation performance of bacteria in capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:396-402. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Kostal V, Arriaga EA. Recent advances in the analysis of biological particles by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:2578-86. [PMID: 18576409 PMCID: PMC3037010 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This review covers research papers published in the years 2005-2007 that describe the application of capillary electrophoresis to the analysis of biological particles such as whole cells, subcellular organelles, viruses and microorganisms.
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- Vratislav Kostal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Simpson SL, Quirino JP, Terabe S. On-line sample preconcentration in capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2008; 1184:504-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2007] [Revised: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/01/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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García-Cañas V, Cifuentes A. Detection of microbial food contaminants and their products by capillary electromigration techniques. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:4013-30. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Horká M, Růzicka F, Holá V, Slais K. CE separation of proteins and yeasts dynamically modified by PEG pyrenebutanoate with fluorescence detection. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:2300-7. [PMID: 17557360 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The optimized protocols of the bioanalytes separation, proteins and yeasts, dynamically modified by the nonionogenic tenside PEG pyrenebutanoate, were applied in CZE and CIEF with the acidic gradient in pH range 2-5.5, both with fluorescence detection. PEG pyrenebutanoate was used as a buffer additive for a dynamic modification of proteins and/or yeast samples. The narrow peaks of modified analytes were detected. The values of the pI's of the labeled proteins were calculated using new fluorescent pI markers in CIEF and they were found to be comparable with pI's of the native compounds. As an example of the possible use of the suggested CIEF technique, the mixed cultures of yeasts, Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida kefyr, Candida krusei, Candida lusitaniae, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida zeylanoides, Geotrichum candidum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichosporon asahii and Yarrowia lipolytica, were reproducibly focused and separated with high sensitivity. Using UV excitation for the on-column fluorometric detection, the minimum detectable amounts of analytes, femtograms of proteins and down to ten cells injected on the separation capillary, were estimated.
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- Marie Horká
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Ruzicka F, Horka M, Hola V, Votava M. Capillary Isoelectric Focusing — Useful tool for detection of the biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis. J Microbiol Methods 2007; 68:530-5. [PMID: 17157942 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2006] [Revised: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 10/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The biofilm formation is an important factor of S. epidermidis virulence. Biofilm-positive strains might be clinically more important than biofilm-negative ones. Unlike biofilm-negative staphylococci, biofilm-positive staphylococci are surrounded with an extracellular polysaccharide substance. The presence of this substance on the surface can affect physico-chemical properties of the bacterial cell, including surface charge. 73 S. epidermidis strains were examined for the presence of ica operon, for the ability to form biofilm by Christensen test tube method and for the production of slime by Congo red agar method. Isoelectric points (pI) of these strains were determined by means of Capillary Isoelectric Focusing. The biofilm negative strains focused near pI value 2.3, while the pI values of the biofilm positive strains were near 2.6. Isoelectric point is a useful criterion for the differentiation between biofilm-positive and biofilm-negative S. epidermidis strains.
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- Filip Ruzicka
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, 601 77 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Liu Z, Wu SS, Pawliszyn J. Characterization of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria using capillary isoelectric focusing with whole column imaging detection. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1140:213-8. [PMID: 17166508 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.11.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Revised: 11/27/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) can be a useful tool for the characterization and identification of microbes. Based on the whole column imaging detection (WCID) technique and using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as test microbes, we present a two-level cIEF characterization method for the characterization and identification of bacteria. Intact bacteria were first characterized according to their apparent isoelectric points measured by cIEF-WCID and then lysed bacteria were further characterized by cIEF profiling of the intracellular proteins. Cellular clustering was found to be the main experimental barrier for the characterization of intact bacteria. The addition of sodium chloride (100mM) to the sample mixture was found to be an effective way to reduce clustering. Due to the high efficiency and high resolution of cIEF-WCID, characterization of bacteria according to their intracellular proteins can be implemented simply and quickly without optimization of the experimental conditions. To improve the detection sensitivity with laser induced fluorescence (LIF)-WCID, the possibility to label bacteria with a non-covalent fluorescent dye, NanoOrange, was explored.
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- Zhen Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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Horka M, Ruzicka F, Horký J, Holá V, Slais K. Capillary Isoelectric Focusing and Fluorometric Detection of Proteins and Microorganisms Dynamically Modified by Poly(ethylene glycol) Pyrenebutanoate. Anal Chem 2006; 78:8438-44. [PMID: 17165837 DOI: 10.1021/ac061200h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The nonionogenic pyrene-based tenside, poly(ethylene glycol) pyrenebutanoate, was prepared and applied in capillary isoelectric focusing with fluorometric detection. This dye was used here as a buffer additive in capillary isoelectric focusing for a dynamic modification of the sample of proteins and microorganisms. The values of the isoelectric points of the labeled bioanalytes were calculated with use of the fluorescent pI markers and were found comparable with pI of the native compounds. The mixed cultures of proteins and microorganisms, Escherichia coli CCM 3954, Staphylococcus epidermidis CCM 4418, Proteus vulgaris, Enterococcus faecalis CCM 4224, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, the strains of the yeast cells, Candida albicans CCM 8180, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis, Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were reproducibly focused and separated by the suggested technique. Using UV excitation for the on-column fluorometric detection, the minimum detectable amount was down to 10 cells injected on the separation capillary.
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- Marie Horka
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Veverí 97, 61142 Brno, Czech Republic.
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