The interaction of bacterial cells with surrounding environment depends on its surface characteristics such as hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity balance and net charge. In this paper, aqueous two-phase system partitioning of Escherichia coli strains based on their difference in surface properties is introduced in a microfluidic system. While aqueous two-phase system is widely use to separate biomo...

The construction of genetically encoded cellular mimics in compartments containing organized synthetic cytosols is desirable for the development of artificial cells. Phase separated aqueous domains were placed within water-in-oil emulsion droplets in a manner compatible with transcription and translation machinery. Aqueous two-phase and three-phase systems (ATPS and A3PS) were assembled with de...

Two-phase partitioning bioreactors (TPPBs) consist of a cell-containing aqueous phase and an immiscible organic phase that sequesters and delivers toxic substrates to cells based on equilibrium partitioning. The immiscible organic phase, which acts as a buffer for inhibitory substrate loadings, makes it possible for TPPBs to handle high volatile organic compound (VOC) loadings, and in this stud...