Describes a microdroplet microfluidics workflow to screen environmental bacteria for antagonism against a shrimp pathogen, isolating rare candidate strains from rearing water.
Key Takeaways
- Microdroplet-based high-throughput screening platform was developed to test antagonists against Vibrio harveyi
- Eighteen candidate inhibitory bacterial isolates were recovered, clustering into four OTUs across three genera
- One of four tested isolates showed a trend toward improved shrimp survival in co-infection experiments