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dc.contributor.authorHammond, Robert J H
dc.contributor.authorBaron, Vincent O
dc.contributor.authorLipworth, Sam
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Stephen H
dc.contributor.editorGillespie, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-11T00:30:51Z
dc.date.available2019-01-11T00:30:51Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier252482643
dc.identifier71b7e3e3-1cbd-4d8e-acbe-c77f26371cca
dc.identifier29322461
dc.identifier85040699162
dc.identifier000431336200009
dc.identifier.citationHammond , R J H , Baron , V O , Lipworth , S & Gillespie , S H 2018 , Enhanced methodologies for detecting phenotypic resistance in mycobacteria . in S Gillespie (ed.) , Antibiotic Resistance Protocols . Methods in Molecular Biology , vol. 1736 , Humana Press/Springer , New York, NY , pp. 85-94 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7638-6_8en
dc.identifier.isbn9781493976362
dc.identifier.isbn9781493976386
dc.identifier.issn1064-3745
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6537-7712/work/42023883
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/16842
dc.description.abstractLipid droplets found in algae and other microscopic organisms have become of interest to many researchers partially because they carry the capacity to produce bio-oil for the mass market. They are of importance in biology and clinical practice because their presence can be a phenotypic marker of an altered metabolism, including reversible resistance to antibiotics, prompting intense research.A useful stain for detecting lipid bodies in the lab is Nile red. It is a dye that exhibits solvatochromism; its absorption band varies in spectral position, shape and intensity with the nature of its solvent environment, it will fluoresce intensely red in polar environment and blue shift with the changing polarity of its solvent. This makes it ideal for the detection of lipid bodies within Mycobacterium spp. This is because mycobacterial lipid bodies' primary constituents are nonpolar lipids such as triacylglycerols but bacterial cell membranes are primarily polar lipid species. In this chapter we describe an optimal method for using Nile red to distinguish lipid containing (Lipid rich or LR cells) from those without lipid bodies (Lipid Poor or LP). As part of the process we have optimized a method for separating LP and LR cells that does not require the use of an ultracentrifuge or complex separation media. We believe that these methods will facilitate further research in these enigmatic, transient and important cell states.
dc.format.extent10
dc.format.extent521705
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHumana Press/Springer
dc.relation.ispartofAntibiotic Resistance Protocolsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMethods in Molecular Biologyen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectRM Therapeutics. Pharmacologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccRMen
dc.titleEnhanced methodologies for detecting phenotypic resistance in mycobacteriaen
dc.typeBook itemen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Infection and Global Health Divisionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Global Health Implementation Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Gillespie Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complexen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Infection Groupen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-1-4939-7638-6_8
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-01-11


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