This chapter introduces protocols for culturing and maintaining Dictyostelium discoideum and methods for conducting virulence assays in this organism to study bacterial pathogenicity. It outlines advanced techniques, such as automated microscopy and flow cytometry, for detailed cellular analysis and traditional microbiological approaches. These comprehensive protocols will enable researchers to probe the virulence factors of pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniae and to elucidate the details of host-pathogen interactions within a cost-effective and adaptable laboratory framework.

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Flow Cytometry and Automated Microscopy Integration for Phagocytic Analysis of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Dictyostelium discoideum

  • Diego Rojas,
  • Antonia Ramos,
  • Matías Gálvez-Silva,
  • Andrés E. Marcoleta,
  • Francisco P. Chávez

摘要

This chapter introduces protocols for culturing and maintaining Dictyostelium discoideum and methods for conducting virulence assays in this organism to study bacterial pathogenicity. It outlines advanced techniques, such as automated microscopy and flow cytometry, for detailed cellular analysis and traditional microbiological approaches. These comprehensive protocols will enable researchers to probe the virulence factors of pathogens like Klebsiella pneumoniae and to elucidate the details of host-pathogen interactions within a cost-effective and adaptable laboratory framework.