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This study introduces a microfluidic platform for rapid bacterial analysis and antibiotic resistance screening. It efficiently isolates antibiotic-resistant mutants, significantly reducing time and resource requirements compared to traditional methods.

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  • Microbiology
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  • To accelerate the determination of antibiotic targets and the identification of resistant mutants.

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  • Utilized flow-focusing microfluidics to generate monodisperse agarose microparticles encapsulating bacterial cells.
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  • Conducted pilot studies with Escherichia coli and rifampicin to determine minimum inhibitory concentration and isolate resistant mutants.

    • Main Results:

    • Successfully determined the minimum inhibitory concentration of rifampicin for Escherichia coli.
    • Isolated spontaneous rifampicin-resistant mutants using FACS, identifying the Q513L mutation in the RNA polymerase β-subunit (RpoB) as the most frequent.
    • Demonstrated an 8-fold reduction in time and a 150-fold reduction in antibiotic quantity for mutant isolation compared to conventional methods.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed microfluidic-FACS platform offers a significantly more efficient method for bacterial screening and mutant isolation.
    • This technique has broad implications for accelerating research in chemical biology, natural products chemistry, and drug discovery.