Technical advance in fungal biotechnology: development of a miniaturized culture method and an automated high-throughput screening
Technical advance in fungal biotechnology: development of a miniaturized culture method and an automated high-throughput screening
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1472-765x.2009.02655.x
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发表时间:
2009-08-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Record, E.
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作者:
Alberto, F.;Navarro, D.;Record, E.
Aims:The goal of the study was to develop a reliable, reproducible and rapid method of culture in order to screen a large number of fungal transformants.Methods and Results:The method is based upon miniaturized cell cultures and automated expression screening in microwell plates. For the method development, 50 recombinant Aspergillus vadensis clones producing feruloyl esterase B (FaeB) from Aspergillus niger were screened in 6 days. Then a panel of clones showing various behaviours was checked in flasks in order to demonstrate the reproducibility of the method. Using this method, a transformant of A. vadensis producing 1 center dot 2 g l(-1) of FaeB was selected (12-fold more than the A. niger overproducing strain).Conclusions:This miniaturized culture method allows to obtain reliable and reproducible results. The procedure has the advantages of being efficient, time-saving and more efficient than conventional in-flask culture screening as it can screen 800 clones per day after a culture of 3 days.Significance and Impact of the Study:This method could be applied to any other fungal strain culture, enzyme activity or biodiversity screening.