Protocol for Biofilm Streamer Formation in a Microfluidic Device with Micro-pillars

Mahtab Hassanpourfard; Xiaohui Sun; Amin Valiei; Partha Mukherjee; Thomas Thundat; Yang Liu; Aloke Kumar

doi:10.3791/51732

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生物工程

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协议生物膜形成的流光在微流体器件与微柱

Protocol for Biofilm Streamer Formation in a Microfluidic Device with Micro-pillars

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Protocol for Biofilm Streamer Formation in a Microfluidic Device with Micro-pillars

协议生物膜形成的流光在微流体器件与微柱

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07:19 min

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August 20, 2014

DOI:

10.3791/51732-v

DOI:

10.3791/51732-v

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07:19 min

August 20, 2014

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Mahtab Hassanpourfard¹, Xiaohui Sun², Amin Valiei¹, Partha Mukherjee³, Thomas Thundat¹, Yang Liu², Aloke Kumar⁴

¹Department of Chemical and Material Engineering,University of Alberta ²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,University of Alberta ³Department of Mechanical Engineering,Texas A&M University ⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering,University of Alberta

Summary

Protocols for the study of biofilm formation in a microfluidic device that mimics porous media are discussed. The microfluidic device consists of an array of micro-pillars and biofilm formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens in this device is investigated.