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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Bacteria in groups vary individually, and interact with other bacteria and
the environment to produce population-level patterns of gene expression. Investigating
such behavior in detail requires measuring and controlling populations at the
single-cell level alongside precisely specified interactions and environmental
characteristics. Here we present an automated, programmable platform that combines
image-based gene expression and growth measurements with on-line optogenetic expression
control for hundreds of individual Escherichia coli cells over days, in a dynamically
adjustable environment. This integrated platform broadly enables experiments that
bridge individual and population behaviors. We demonstrate: (i) population structuring
by independent closed-loop control of gene expression in many individual cells,
(ii) cell-cell variation control during antibiotic perturbation, (iii) hybrid
bio-digital circuits in single cells, and freely specifiable digital communication
between individual bacteria. These examples showcase the potential for real-time
integration of theoretical models with measurement and control of many individual
cells to investigate and engineer microbial population behavior.'
acknowledgement: We are grateful to M. Lang, H. Janovjak, M. Khammash, A. Milias-Argeitis,
M. Rullan, G. Batt, A. Bosma-Moody, Aryan, S. Leibler, and members of the Guet and
Tkačik groups for helpful discussion, comments, and suggestions. We thank A. Moglich,
T. Mathes, J. Tabor, and S. Schmidl for kind gifts of strains, and R. Hauschild,
B. Knep, M. Lang, T. Asenov, E. Papusheva, T. Menner, T. Adletzberger, and J. Merrin
for technical assistance. The research leading to these results has received funding
from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh
Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under REA grant agreement no. [291734]. (to
R.C. and J.R.), Austrian Science Fund grant FWF P28844 (to G.T.), and internal IST
Austria Interdisciplinary Project Support. J.R. acknowledges support from the Agence
Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) under Grant Nos. ANR-16-CE33-0018 (MEMIP), ANR-16-CE12-0025
(COGEX) and ANR-10-BINF-06-01 (ICEBERG).
article_number: '1535'
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author:
- first_name: Remy P
full_name: Chait, Remy P
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last_name: Chait
orcid: 0000-0003-0876-3187
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Ruess, Jakob
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last_name: Ruess
orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Bergmiller, Tobias
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last_name: Bergmiller
orcid: 0000-0001-5396-4346
- first_name: Gasper
full_name: Tkacik, Gasper
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last_name: Tkacik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
- first_name: Calin C
full_name: Guet, Calin C
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last_name: Guet
orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052
citation:
ama: Chait RP, Ruess J, Bergmiller T, Tkačik G, Guet CC. Shaping bacterial population
behavior through computer interfaced control of individual cells. Nature Communications.
2017;8(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01683-1
apa: Chait, R. P., Ruess, J., Bergmiller, T., Tkačik, G., & Guet, C. C. (2017).
Shaping bacterial population behavior through computer interfaced control of individual
cells. Nature Communications. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01683-1
chicago: Chait, Remy P, Jakob Ruess, Tobias Bergmiller, Gašper Tkačik, and Calin
C Guet. “Shaping Bacterial Population Behavior through Computer Interfaced Control
of Individual Cells.” Nature Communications. Nature Publishing Group, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01683-1.
ieee: R. P. Chait, J. Ruess, T. Bergmiller, G. Tkačik, and C. C. Guet, “Shaping
bacterial population behavior through computer interfaced control of individual
cells,” Nature Communications, vol. 8, no. 1. Nature Publishing Group,
2017.
ista: Chait RP, Ruess J, Bergmiller T, Tkačik G, Guet CC. 2017. Shaping bacterial
population behavior through computer interfaced control of individual cells. Nature
Communications. 8(1), 1535.
mla: Chait, Remy P., et al. “Shaping Bacterial Population Behavior through Computer
Interfaced Control of Individual Cells.” Nature Communications, vol. 8,
no. 1, 1535, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01683-1.
short: R.P. Chait, J. Ruess, T. Bergmiller, G. Tkačik, C.C. Guet, Nature Communications
8 (2017).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:30Z
date_published: 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:06:15Z
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