期刊
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
卷 107, 期 4, 页码 747-751出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22861
关键词
microcapsualtion; poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate; microfluidic chip; E. coli
资金
- Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy [70004247]
- Korea Institute of Industrial Technology(KITECH) [70004247] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
We report herein an effective strategy for encapsulating Escherichia coli in polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) microdroplets using a microfluidic device and chemical polymerization. PEGDA was employed as a reactant due to the biocompatibility,,high porosity, and hydrophilic property. The uniform size and shape of microdroplets are obtained in a single-step process using microfluidic device. The size of microdroplets can be controlled through the changing continuous,flow rate. The combination of microdroplet generation and chemical polymerization techniques provide unique environment to produce non-toxic ways of fabricating microorganism-encapsulated hydrogel microbeads. Due to these unique properties of micro-sized hydrogel microbeads, the encapsulated E. coli can maintain viability inside of microbeads and green fluorescent protein (GFP) and red fluorescent protein, (REP). gene are efficiently expressed inside of microbeads after isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside induction suggesting that there is no low molecular weight substrate transfer limitation inside of microbeads. Furthermore non-toxic, gentle, and outstanding biocompatibility of microbeads, the encapsulated E. coli can be used in various applications including biotranstormation biosensing bioremediation, and engineering of artificial cells. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2010; 107; 747-751. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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