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Isolation chip : ウィキペディア英語版 | Isolation chip The Isolation chip (or ichip) is a method of culturing bacteria. Using regular methods, 99% of bacterial species are not able to be cultured as they do not grow in conditions made in a laboratory, called the "Great Plate Count Anomaly".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iChip: The future of antibiotic discovery )〕 The ichip instead cultures bacterial species within its soil environment. The soil is diluted in molten agar and nutrients such that only a single cell, on average, grows in the ichip's small compartments or wells, hence the term "isolation". The chip is then enclosed in a semipermeable plastic membrane and buried back in the dirt to allow in nutrients not available in the lab.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The age of infection )〕 With this culturing method, about 50 to 60 percent of bacterial species are able to survive.〔 Notably, the bacterial species Eleftheria terrae, which makes the antibiotic Teixobactin that has shown promise against many drug-resistant strains like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, was discovered using the ichip in 2015. In addition to antibiotics, it is argued that anti-cancer agents, anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressives (which have previously been discovered from bacteria) as well as potential energy sources could be discovered.〔 The ichip was disovered by the drug discovery company NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals, founded by Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein.〔 ==See also==
*Eleftheria terrae *Teixobactin
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