scholarly journals Fecundity of inbred fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster on different solid culture media: An analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1109-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Animesh Kumar Mohapatra ◽  
Priyamvada Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Control Medium ◽  
Solid Culture ◽  
Pupal Development ◽  
Multiple Comparison Test ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control

In the present study, wild-type Drosophila melanogaster collected from stock culture were sub-cultured in three different types of solid culture media  (corn, barley and wheat) and control medium for two weeks to produce F1 generation. The duration of larval and pupal development, number of pupal cases and hatched flies were scored for first generation. The results were analyzed by using one-way ANOVA, Bonferroni multiple comparison test and paired sample t-test. The control medium showed no pupal cases and hatched flies. Among all the three solid culture media tested, corn meal, barley meal and wheat meal, the latter showed highly significant results at p?0.001 than others. However, this parameter was not affected by the carbohydrate amount in the media. The present investigation is an attempt to evaluate the influence of different formulated solid culture media on the life span and reproduction of fruit flies.

99 DIFFERENTIAL GENE REGULATION OF STEROIDOGENIC TRANSCRIPTS AND ESTRADIOL PRODUCTION FOLLOWING IN VITRO PIG EMBRYO ELONGATION IN ALGINATE HYDROGEL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
J. R. Miles ◽  
C. N. Sargus ◽  
S. A. Plautz ◽  
J. L. Vallet ◽  
A. K. Pannier
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Differential Gene Regulation ◽  
Alginate Hydrogels ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control

Between Day 10 and 12 of gestation, the pig embryo elongates from a sphere to a long thin, filament. During this time, the embryo increases the production of oestrogen via an increase in steroidogenic transcripts, which is critical for maternal recognition of pregnancy. To date, attempts to elongate porcine embryos in vitro have been unsuccessful. Therefore, the objective of this study was to utilise alginate hydrogels to establish a culture system that promotes in vitro embryo elongation with a corresponding increase in steroidogenic transcripts and oestradiol production. In 3 replicate collections, White crossbred gilts (n = 15) were bred at Day 0 of the oestrous cycle. At Day 9 of gestation, reproductive tracts were collected and flushed with RPMI-1640 containing antibiotics. Embryos were recovered, grouped according to size and washed with RPMI-1640 containing antibiotics and 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). Embryos were randomly assigned to be encapsulated using a double encapsulation technique (0.7% sodium alginate and 1.5% calcium chloride solution) or used as controls. Encapsulated and control embryos were cultured for 96 h in CO2 -pretreated RPMI-1640 containing antibiotics and 10% FBS at 38°C, 5% CO2 in air and 100% humidity. Every 24 h, the embryos were imaged and half of the media was replaced. The removed media was stored at –20°C and used to assess oestradiol levels by radioimmunoassay. At the end of culture, a subset of encapsulated and control embryos were snap frozen and used to assess the expression level of steroidogenic transcripts (STAR, CYP11 and CYP19) using quantitative PCR. All data were analysed using general linear model (GLM) procedures for ANOVA. Cell survival, assessed by blastocyst fragmentation and confirmed by live/dead staining in representative embryos, was greater (P = 0.01) for encapsulated embryos (60.1 ± 4.8%) compared with controls (33.3 ± 4.8%). Of encapsulated embryos, 27% had some morphological change (minor flattening and tubal formation) and 14% had significant morphological changes (considerable flattening and tubal formation elongating through the gel), consistent with in vivo embryo elongation. In contrast, the control embryos had no morphological changes observed and remained spherical during culture. The expression levels of STAR, CYP11 and CYP19 were significantly (P < 0.05) greater in encapsulated embryos compared with control embryos. Furthermore, a significant (P < 0.01) time-dependent increase in oestradiol levels in the culture media of encapsulated embryos was identified compared with controls and culture media alone. These results illustrate that cultured pig embryos encapsulated in alginate hydrogels undergo limited morphological changes with increased expression of steroidogenic transcripts and oestrogen production. †USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

scholarly journals Agar Desiccation – The Causes and How to Address Them

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy Hassel
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Petri Dish ◽  
Solid Culture ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
The Media

Solid culture media, or agar plates, are prone to desiccation. The combination of warm, dry air and limited moisture content to achieve a solid finish leads to inevitable drying out and desiccation. Cracks in the media, a loss of volume or shrinkage away from the sides of the Petri dish are evidence of desiccation. Overall, this reduces the capability of the media to support the growth of organisms. The reduction in growth support capability is particularly so if the microorganisms deposited on the surface of the media are stressed. Why is Desiccation an Issue It is a well-known fact that microbes have three basic requirements for growth; a food source, warmth and moisture. Reducing the moisture content risks inactivating and or inhibiting growth. The purpose of monitoring for microbes through the use of solid media is to capture microorganisms from the manufacturing environment and create favourable conditions to support their optimum growth, thus allowing them to replicate and form visible colonies for inspection. Viable environmental monitoring is a challenging process to optimise for; you are looking for the chance of capturing one of the very few microorganisms present in your extensive manufacturing facility. To do so, you use solid culture media to take samples, snapshots in time, of your environment. Firstly, you have a vast space to monitor, and your monitoring activity needs to find the very few microorganisms present. If you have set your monitoring programme up suitably and you successfully capture organism present in the environment but then add desiccation you risk losing critical data. Desiccation leads to a reduction in these favourable conditions and potentially a loss of critical data and false-negative results. Desiccation of media is considered a significant quality issue as it can lead to the inhibition of growth and or cell death. The action of drying out of the media can lead to the formation of a skin on the surface. The skin formation inhibits the recovery of organisms, through «bounce» or «air bounce». As the purpose of environmental monitoring is to capture and support the growth of contaminants, this issue will result in inconclusive data gathering. Desiccation is an inevitability. Cleanroom environments are by their very nature, high airflow facilities which, as you will see below, is a primary reason for the loss of moisture from agar plates. It is, therefore, important to ensure media qualification studies include a review that post use, your media, can meet the 70% growth rate recovery as specified in USP <1227>.

scholarly journals The Phenotypic Effect of Cardamom oil on the Developmental Stages of Drosophila Melanogaster

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-231
Author(s):  
Dr. Y. D. Akhare ◽  
H. A. Patharikar
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Human Genetic Disease ◽  
Phenotypic Effect ◽  
Animal Development ◽  
Food And Drink

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has been extensively studied as a model organism for genetic investigation. It also has many characteristics which make it an ideal organism for the study of animal development and behaviour, neurobiology and human genetic disease and condition. Drosophila melanogaster share several basic biological and chemical neurological and physiological similarities with mammals. In the present study, we noted the phenotypic effect of cardamom oil on the different stages of Drosophila melanogaster. The fruit flies were grown on 10-gram culture media supplemented with different concentration of cardamom oil (0.5µl, 1 µl, 2.5 µl). Further, the size and growth of different life stages of Drosophila melanogaster were observed and total protein estimated from it.The increase in the size and protein concentration in different life stages of controlled Drosophila melanogaster were recorded. Cardamom is a highly valued herbal spice used in tropical and subtropical Asia. cardamom is used as a flavouring and cooking spices in both food and drink and as a medicine.

scholarly journals APLIKASI SITOKININ TIPE PURIN DAN UREA PADA MULTIPLIKASI TUNAS ANIS (Pimpinellla anisum L.) IN VITRO

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
OTIH ROSTIANA
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Shoot Multiplication ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Herbaceous Plant ◽  
Solid Culture ◽  
Pimpinella Anisum ◽  
The Media ◽  
Initiation Stage

ABSTRAK<br />Anis (Pimpinella anisum L.) merupakan tanaman herba tahunan<br />yang termasuk ke dalam famili Umbelliferae. Buahnya diketahui<br />mengandung minyak atsiri yang didominasi senyawa trans-anethol (90%)<br />dan berkhasiat sebagai antiseptik, antispasmodik, antikanker, karminatif,<br />pelega tenggorokan, obat bronkitis, serta digunakan dalam pembuatan<br />sabun, parfum, pasta gigi, juga krim kulit. Sebagai tanaman bernilai<br />ekonomi, upaya perbanyakan anis perlu dilakukan. Perbanyakan secara in<br />vitro dengan teknik kultur jaringan merupakan salah satu metode alternatif<br />yang dapat digunakan untuk menghasilkan bibit dalam jumlah banyak,<br />seragam dan dalam waktu yang relatif singkat. Dengan penambahan<br />sitokinin sintetik tipe urea seperti thidiazuron (TDZ) dan tipe purin seperti<br />benzil amino purin (BAP) akan memacu inisiasi dan proliferasi tunas.<br />Penelitian ini bertujuan mendapatkan media yang tepat untuk menginduksi<br />tunas anis yang optimal dengan penambahan BAP atau TDZ, mengetahui<br />respon pertumbuhan dan penampakan kultur akibat penambahan berbagai<br />konsentrasi BAP atau TDZ, serta mempelajari sinergisme yang terjadi<br />antara keduanya. Pada tahap inisiasi, eksplan berupa tunas pucuk diinduksi<br />di dalam media MS padat dengan penambahan BAP (0,1 mg/l; 0,2 mg/l;<br />0,3 mg/l; 1 mg/l; 2 mg/l; 3 mg/l), atau TDZ dengan kisaran konsentrasi<br />yang sama. Tunas terbanyak yang dihasilkan dari dua jenis sitokinin pada<br />tahap ini disubkultur ke dalam media yang ditambahkan jenis sitokinin<br />yang berbeda (TDZ ke BAP atau BAP ke TDZ) pada konsentrasi 0,3 mg/l<br />atau 3 mg/l. Pada media yang ditambahkan TDZ dihasilkan tunas anis<br />lebih banyak (3,62-6,28) dibandingkan pada media yang ditambahkan<br />BAP (1,86-2,78), tetapi tunas yang dihasilkan pendek (roset). Sedangkan<br />tunas yang dihasilkan dalam media yang ditambahkan BAP beruas lebih<br />tinggi tetapi jumlah tunasnya sedikit. Subkultur tunas anis ke dalam media<br />yang diperkaya dengan sitokinin yang berbeda meningkatkan jumlah tunas<br />yang berproliferasi dan memperbaiki visual tunas.<br />Kata kunci: Anis, Pimpinellla anisum L. ,  minyak atsiri, multiplikasi tunas,<br />in vitro, TDZ, BAP, Jawa Barat<br />ABSTRACT<br />Application of purine and urea types of cytokinins in<br />shoot multiplication of Anise (Pimpinella anisum L.) in<br />vitro<br />Pimpinella anisum L. or sweet anise is an annual–herbaceous plant<br />belongs to the Umbelliferae family. The fruit of anise contains of essential<br />oil, which is mainly consisted of trans-anethol (90%). Essential oils of<br />anise is mainly used as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, anticancer,<br />carminative, expectorant and has also been used as component in soap,<br />perfumery, tooth paste, and skin cream productions. Since this crop is<br />mainly cultivated in sub tropical region, anise cultivation in Indonesia has<br />not been performed. To obtain sufficient numbers of anise planting<br />materials in vitro propagation was conducted by applying benzyl amino<br />purine (BAP) and thidiazuron (TDZ). In this research TDZ or BAP were<br />applied at various concentrations (0,1 mg/l: 0.2 mg/l; 0.3 mg/l; 1 mg/l; 2<br />mg/l; 3 mg/l), to induce shoots in MS-solid culture media. The highest<br />number of shoots obtained in those two type of cytokinins containing<br />media from the initiation stage were subcultured into the media<br />supplemented with different cytokinins (TDZ to BAP or BAP to TDZ) at<br />0.3 mg/l or 3 mg/l levels. The results showed that medium with the<br />addition of TDZ resulted in higher numbers of shoot (3,26-6,28) than that<br />of medium with an addition of BAP (1,86-2,78). However, rosette shoots<br />were dominant in TDZ containing medium. On the other hand, medium<br />with an addition of BAP resulted in less numbers of shoots with taller<br />nodes. Subculture of anise into different kinds of cytokinins increased the<br />numbers of proliferated-shoots and recovered the abnormal shoots.<br />Key words : Anise, Pimpinellla anisum L, essential oils, shoots<br />multiplication, in vitro, TDZ, BAP, West Java

scholarly journals A model-based high throughput method for fecundity estimation in fruit fly studies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enoch Ng’oma ◽  
Elizabeth G. King ◽  
Kevin M. Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Model Organisms ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Throughput Method ◽  
The Media

AbstractThe ability to quantify fecundity is critically important to a wide range of experimental applications, particularly in widely-used model organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster. However, the standard method of manually counting eggs is time consuming and limits the feasibility of large-scale experiments. We develop a predictive model to automate the counting of eggs from images of eggs removed from the media surface and washed onto dark filter paper. A cross-validation approach demonstrates our method performs well, with a correlation between predicted and manually counted values of 0.88. We show how this method can be applied to a large data set where egg densities vary widely.

scholarly journals ON A METHOD OF ISOLATING AND IDENTIFYING BACILLUS TYPHOSUS, BASED ON A STUDY OF BACILLUS TYPHOSUS AND MEMBERS OF THE COLON GROUP IN SEMI-SOLID CULTURE MEDIA

1897 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Hanson Hiss
Keyword(s):  
Typhoid Fever ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Solid Culture ◽  
The Media ◽  
Semi Solid

Semi-solid culture media, and more especially media rendered semi-solid by temperatures of from 30° to 40° C., seem to have an important bearing in the differentiation of bacterial species, particularly those presenting various degrees of motility. In such media not only the effect of differences in consistence on the motility of an organism may be noted, but the effect produced by various chemicals and nutrient ingredients on the growth and motility may be readily observed. By systematically varying the constituents of such media it has been possible to produce a medium in which the behavior of Bacillus typhosus differentiates it from the various members of the colon group; and also to produce a medium in which the colonies of Bacillus typhosus assume a form which distinguishes them from the colonies of the colon bacilli in plate cultures. Bacillus typhosus alone of all the organisms investigated during these experiments has displayed both the power of giving rise to thread-forming colonies in the plating medium and that of the uniform clouding of the tube medium, hence these two characters may prove to be of great value in the identification of this organism. The practical application of the use of these media has led to the ready detection of Bacillus typhosus and its isolation from the stools of patients suffering from typhoid fever. No suspected water has been subjected to test, but from the investigation of artificially infected tap-water the media here described may be assumed to have an application in the detection of Bacillus typhosus in such waters.

Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Fruit Coating with Gum – Arabic for Quality and Fruit Fly Control

1970 ◽  
pp. 01-04
Author(s):  
Esameldin B. M. Kabbashi, Ghada H. Abdelrahman and Nawal A. Abdlerahman
Keyword(s):  
Shelf Life ◽  
Gum Arabic ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Psidium Guajava ◽  
Postharvest Quality ◽  
Guava Fruit ◽  
Fruit Shelf Life ◽  
Fly Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
Subtropical Fruit

Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is a lovely tropical and subtropical fruit that originates in Mexico, Central America, and then taken to other distant and near parts around the world. In Sudan this popular fruit is produced in orchards and household and is so profitable but yet attacked by a lot of fruit fly species of the Genera Ceratitis and Bactrocera and the result is a loss of more than 70%. This research aimed at evaluating the effect of Gum Arabic coating (GAC) in extending the shelf life of guava fruit and disinfesting it from these notorious pests. Guava fruits from Kadaro orchards, Khartoum North, were tested using seven concentrations of Gum Arabic solutions. The results reflect that 1: 4 (25%) and 1: 8 (12.5%) (GA: water) concentrations attained 56 and 40% disinfestation, respectively whereas the other lower concentrations effected corresponding results in a range from 20 – 08%. The reduction in maggots per test fruit reached upto 188% as compared to the control.  The highest concentrations (1: 4 & 1: 8) effected a sustainability of 52% in fruit firmness (FF) with an average of medium (3) FF compared to soft FF (4) in the control. The corresponding results in other lower concentrations (1: 16; 1: 32; 1: 64; 1: 72 & 1: 96) were 36, 24, 24, 20 and 16%, respectively. In addition to an average FF of 4 (soft) for all these concentrations and 5 (very soft) for all the corresponding controls. Nevertheless, the sustainability of fruit color (FC) effected by the test concentrations was 52, 44, 24, 22, 24, 20, and 24%, respectively. Regarding these results, the two highest test concentrations effected a sizeable disinfestation and control of fruit flies and a good extension of shelf life of guava in Khartoum State. These findings support using this treatment as an effective IPM tool to extend guava fruit shelf life and upgrading its postharvest quality.

scholarly journals Hox dosage contributes to flight appendage morphology in Drosophila

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Paul ◽  
Guillaume Giraud ◽  
Katrin Domsch ◽  
Marilyne Duffraisse ◽  
Frédéric Marmigère ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Differential Expression ◽  
Hox Genes ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Wing Morphology ◽  
Hox Proteins ◽  
Spatial Expression ◽  
Flying Insects

AbstractFlying insects have invaded all the aerial space on Earth and this astonishing radiation could not have been possible without a remarkable morphological diversification of their flight appendages. Here, we show that characteristic spatial expression profiles and levels of the Hox genes Antennapedia (Antp) and Ultrabithorax (Ubx) underlie the formation of two different flight organs in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. We further demonstrate that flight appendage morphology is dependent on specific Hox doses. Interestingly, we find that wing morphology from evolutionary distant four-winged insect species is also associated with a differential expression of Antp and Ubx. We propose that variation in the spatial expression profile and dosage of Hox proteins is a major determinant of flight appendage diversification in Drosophila and possibly in other insect species during evolution.

scholarly journals Characterization of Drug-Resistant Lipid-Dependent Differentially Detectable Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 3249
Author(s):  
Annelies W. Mesman ◽  
Seung-Hun Baek ◽  
Chuan-Chin Huang ◽  
Young-Mi Kim ◽  
Sang-Nae Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Sputum Smear ◽  
Smear Microscopy ◽  
Solid Culture ◽  
Lowenstein Jensen ◽  
Genetic Mechanisms ◽  
Lipid Resuscitation

An estimated 15–20% of patients who are treated for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are culture-negative at the time of diagnosis. Recent work has focused on the existence of differentially detectable Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacilli that do not grow under routine solid culture conditions without the addition of supplementary stimuli. We identified a cohort of TB patients in Lima, Peru, in whom acid-fast bacilli could be detected by sputum smear microscopy, but from whom Mtb could not be grown in standard solid culture media. When we attempted to re-grow Mtb from the frozen sputum samples of these patients, we found that 10 out of 15 could be grown in a glycerol-poor/lipid-rich medium. These fell into the following two groups: a subset that could be regrown in glycerol after “lipid-resuscitation”, and a group that displayed a heritable glycerol-sensitive phenotype that were unable to grow in the presence of this carbon source. Notably, all of the glycerol-sensitive strains were found to be multidrug resistant. Although whole-genome sequencing of the lipid-resuscitated strains identified 20 unique mutations compared to closely related strains, no single genetic lesion could be associated with this phenotype. In summary, we found that lipid-based media effectively fostered the growth of Mtb from a series of sputum smear-positive samples that were not culturable in glycerol-based Lowenstein–Jensen or 7H9 media, which is consistent with Mtb’s known preference for non-glycolytic sources during infection. Analysis of the recovered strains demonstrated that both genetic and non-genetic mechanisms contribute to the observed differential capturability, and suggested that this phenotype may be associated with drug resistance.

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