The Use of Droplet-Based Microfluidic Technologies for Accelerated Selection of Yarrowia Lipolytica and Phaffia Rhodozyma Yeast Mutants
Biology Methods and Protocols 2024
Taras Mika, Mārtiņš Kalniņš, Krišs Spalviņš

Microorganisms are widely used for the industrial production of various valuable products, such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, biofuels, enzymes, amino acids, vaccines, etc. Research is constantly carried out to improve their properties, mainly to increase their productivity and efficiency and reduce the cost of the processes. The selection of microorganisms with improved qualities takes a lot of time and resources (both human and material); therefore, this process itself needs optimization. In the last two decades, microfluidics technology appeared in bioengineering, which allows for manipulating small particles (from tens of microns to nanometre scale) in the flow of liquid in microchannels. The technology is based on small-volume objects (microdroplets from nano to femtolitres), which are manipulated using a microchip. The chip is made of an optically transparent inert to liquid medium material and contains a series of channels of small size (<1 mm) of certain geometry. Based on the physical and chemical properties of microparticles (like size, weight, optical density, dielectric constant, etc.), they are separated using microsensors. The idea of accelerated selection of microorganisms is the application of microfluidic technologies to separate mutants with improved qualities after mutagenesis. This article discusses the possible application and practical implementation of microfluidic separation of mutants, including yeasts like Yarrowia lipolytica and Phaffia rhodozyma after chemical mutagenesis will be discussed.


Atslēgas vārdi
microdroplet | microfluidics | microorganisms | mutagenesis | selection
DOI
10.1093/biomethods/bpae049
Hipersaite
https://academic.oup.com/biomethods/article/9/1/bpae049/7710431

Mika, T., Kalniņš, M., Spalviņš, K. The Use of Droplet-Based Microfluidic Technologies for Accelerated Selection of Yarrowia Lipolytica and Phaffia Rhodozyma Yeast Mutants. Biology Methods and Protocols, 2024, Vol. 9, No. 1, Article number bpae049. ISSN 2396-8923. Pieejams: doi:10.1093/biomethods/bpae049

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