Ding Lin, Razavi Bazaz Sajad, Hall Timothy, Vesey Graham, Ebrahimi Warkiani Majid
School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia.
BioPoint Pty. Ltd, Sydney, NSW 2113, Australia.
Biomicrofluidics. 2022 Feb 24;16(1):014105. doi: 10.1063/5.0069406. eCollection 2022 Jan.
is one of the most common waterborne pathogens causing around 200 × 10 diarrheal infections annually. It is of great interest to microbiological research as it is among the oldest known eukaryotic cells. Purifying from fecal samples for both research and diagnostic purposes presents one of the most difficult challenges. Traditional purification methods rely on density gradient centrifugation, membrane-based filtration, and sedimentation methods, which suffer from low recovery rates, high costs, and poor efficiency. Here, we report on the use of microfluidics to purify cysts from mouse feces. We propose a rigid spiral microfluidic device with a trapezoidal cross section to effectively separate from surrounding debris. Our characterizations reveal that the recovery rate is concentration-dependent, and our proposed device can achieve recovery rates as high as 75% with 0.75 ml/min throughput. Moreover, this device can purify from extremely turbid samples to a level where cysts are visually distinguishable with just one round of purification. This highly scalable and versatile 3D printed microfluidic device is then capable of further purifying or enhancing the recovery rate of the samples by recirculation. This device also has the potential to purify other gastrointestinal pathogens of similar size, and throughput can be significantly increased by parallelization.
是最常见的水传播病原体之一,每年导致约200×10例腹泻感染。由于它是已知最古老的真核细胞之一,因此对微生物学研究具有重要意义。从粪便样本中纯化用于研究和诊断目的是最具挑战性的难题之一。传统的纯化方法依赖于密度梯度离心、基于膜的过滤和沉降方法,这些方法存在回收率低、成本高和效率差的问题。在这里,我们报告了使用微流体技术从小鼠粪便中纯化囊肿的方法。我们提出了一种具有梯形横截面的刚性螺旋微流体装置,以有效地将囊肿与周围的碎片分离。我们的表征表明回收率与浓度有关,我们提出的装置在0.75毫升/分钟的通量下可以实现高达75%的回收率。此外,该装置可以将极度浑浊的样本中的囊肿纯化到仅通过一轮纯化就可以在视觉上区分囊肿的水平。这种高度可扩展且通用的3D打印微流体装置能够通过再循环进一步纯化或提高样本的回收率。该装置还具有纯化其他类似大小的胃肠道病原体的潜力,并且通过并行化可以显著提高通量。
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