Rapidly diagnosing the precise drug resistance present in sepsis-inducing bacteria is a continuing need to maintain the efficacy of our medical systems. Diagnostics currently being developed for such scenarios are either sensitive or rapid, but not both. Sequence-specific single DNA molecule analysis could fill this gap if it could be adapted to work on smaller targets, similar to those produced by classical biological methods. In this work, I demonstrate that immobilized ssDNA in the appropriate hybridization buffer can rapidly pull its complementary sequence out of solution. I also demonstrate that such systems in a microfluidic chip can be used to capture bacterial plasmids as a step toward subsequent multiplexed analysis. Finally, I demonstrate that a 120 bp double stranded polynucleotide with an overhanging single stranded 25 bp probe sequence can be modified with multiple fluorophores and used to label captured targets in a sequence-specific manner. This system shows that it is possible to label bacterial plasmids in a manner that can bridge the technological gap between single molecule counting and small oligonucleotide targets. Such a system can achieve lower limits of detection for clinically relevant samples while maintaining rapid processing times.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BGMYU2/oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-10042 |
Date | 25 June 2021 |
Creators | Hanson, Robert L. |
Publisher | BYU ScholarsArchive |
Source Sets | Brigham Young University |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses and Dissertations |
Rights | https://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ |
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