Claims
- 1. A method for obtaining an organism from a mixed population of organisms in a sample comprising:
(a) encapsulating in a microenvironment at least one organism from the sample; (b) incubating the encapsulated at least one organism under such conditions and for such a time to allow the at least one microorganism to grow or proliferate; and (c) sorting the encapsulated at least one organism by flow cytometry to obtain an organism from the sample.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mixed population of organisms is from an environmental sample.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mixed population of organisms comprises microorganisms.
- 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the environmental sample contains extremophiles.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the extremophiles are selected from the group consisting of hyperthermophiles, psychrophiles, halophiles, psychrotrophs, alkalophiles, and acidophiles.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/685,432, filed Oct. 10, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/444,112, filed Nov. 22, 1999 (pending), which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/098,206, filed Jun. 16, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,174,673, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/876,276, filed Jun. 16, 1997 (pending), the contents of which are all incorporated by reference in their entirety herein.
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