PMID- 30223313 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190111 LR - 20190111 IS - 1472-765X (Electronic) IS - 0266-8254 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 6 DP - 2018 Dec TI - Laser printing of microbial systems: effect of absorbing metal film. PG - 544-549 LID - 10.1111/lam.13074 [doi] AB - Recently, it was shown that laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) technology and the laser engineering of microbial systems (LEMS) technique (based on LIFT method) are effective for isolation of micro-organisms from different complex substrates. These techniques frequently utilize Au as an absorbing layer material. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of absorbing film materials (Au, Ti and Cr) on the effectiveness of laser printing of micro-organisms to improve LEMS and LIFT techniques. It was shown that application of Ti and Cr absorbing layers activates bacterial growth after laser printing and is significantly more effective in comparison to Au films, which actually show a suppressing effect on bacterial cells. Results of this study can be applied for LEMS and LIFT protocols for improving bacterial isolation and microbial growth. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Laser-induced forward transfer technique (LIFT) is currently used for printing of micro-organisms and in biosensor techniques, for single-cell isolation, and for culturing of micro-organisms from complex substrates. We have studied the influence of absorbing film materials (Au, Ti and Cr) on the effectiveness laser printing of micro-organisms. It was shown that application of Ti and Cr absorbing layers activates bacterial growth and is more effective in LIFT compared to Au films, which actually have a suppressive effect on bacteria cells. The results can improve LIFT protocols for bacteria isolation and culturing of microbial systems. CI - (c) 2018 The Society for Applied Microbiology. FAU - Cheptsov, V S AU - Cheptsov VS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2547-2931 AD - Soil Science Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Churbanova, E S AU - Churbanova ES AD - Institute of Photon Technologies, FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics", RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Yusupov, V I AU - Yusupov VI AD - Institute of Photon Technologies, FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics", RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Gorlenko, M V AU - Gorlenko MV AD - Soil Science Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Lysak, L V AU - Lysak LV AD - Soil Science Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Minaev, N V AU - Minaev NV AD - Institute of Photon Technologies, FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics", RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Bagratashvili, V N AU - Bagratashvili VN AD - Institute of Photon Technologies, FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics", RAS, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Chichkov, B N AU - Chichkov BN AD - Institute of Photon Technologies, FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics", RAS, Moscow, Russia. AD - Institut fur Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Hannover, Germany. LA - eng GR - 16-02-00955/Russian Foundation for Basic Research/ GR - 18-15-00277/Russian Science Foundation/ GR - 007-GZ/C3363/26/Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181018 PL - England TA - Lett Appl Microbiol JT - Letters in applied microbiology JID - 8510094 RN - 0R0008Q3JB (Chromium) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - D1JT611TNE (Titanium) SB - IM MH - Bacteria/*growth & development/*isolation & purification MH - *Biosensing Techniques MH - Chromium/*chemistry MH - Gold/*chemistry MH - *Lasers MH - Printing MH - Printing, Three-Dimensional MH - Titanium/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - LEMS OT - LIFT OT - bacteria culturing OT - bacteria isolation OT - biodiversity OT - laser printing OT - soil EDAT- 2018/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/12 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/18 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/lam.13074 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Lett Appl Microbiol. 2018 Dec;67(6):544-549. doi: 10.1111/lam.13074. Epub 2018 Oct 18.