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Using Laser Tweezers For Manipulating Isolated Neurons In Vitro
Published on: September 11, 2008
New microorganism isolation techniques with emphasis on laser printing
V S Cheptsov1, S I Tsypina2, N V Minaev2
1Department of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 11999 Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The study of biodiversity, growth, development, and metabolism of cultivated microorganisms is an integral part of modern microbiological, biotechnological, and medical research. Such studies require the development of new methods of isolation, cultivation, manipulation, and study of individual bacterial cells and their consortia. To this end, in recent years, there has been an active development of different isolation and three-dimensional cell positioning methods. In this review, the optical tweezers, surface heterogeneous functionalization, multiphoton lithography, microfluidic techniques, and laser printing are reviewed. Laser printing is considered as one of the most promising techniques and is discussed in detail.
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