Fiber-optic microsensors to measure backscattered light intensity in biofilms

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3408-3412

  Beyenal, Haluk ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a   Yakymyshyn, Chris ^b   Lemley, Brad ^b   Wehri, Joe ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FIBER OPTICS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSENSORS;

FIBER TIP MOTION;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 0000204946     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003408     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. J. W. Costerton, Z. Lewandowski, D. E. Caldwell, D. R. Korber, and H. M. Lappin-Scott, “Microbial biofilms,” Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 49, 711-745 (1995).
2. A. B. Cunningham and B. M. Peyton, “Bench-scale/field-scale interpretations: an Overview,” in Applied Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, R. E. Hinchee, J. A. Kittel, and H. J. Reisinger, eds. (Battelle, Dayton, Ohio, 1995), pp. 97-100.
3. P. D. Marsh, “Dental plaque,” in Microbial Biofilms, H. M. Lappin-Scott and J. W. Costerton, (Cambridge U. Press, New York, 1995), pp. 282-300.
4. C. I. Chen, M. A. Reinsel, and R. F. Mueller, “Kinetic investigation of microbial souring in porous media using microbial consortia from oil reservoirs,” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 44, 263-269 (1994).
5. W. Lee, Z. Lewandowski, P. H. Nielsen, and W. A. Hamilton, “Role of sulfate-reducing bacteria in corrosion of mild steel: a review,” Biofouling 8, 165-194 (1995).
6. A. G. Gristina, “Biofilms and chronic bacterial infections,” Clin. Microbiol. News. 16, 171-178 (1994).
7. N. P. Revsbech, “An oxygen microsensor with a guard cathode,” Limnol. Oceanogr. 34, 474-478 (1989).
8. S. Yang and Z. Lewandowski, “Measurement of local mass transfer coefficient in biofilms,” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 48, 737-744 (1995).
9. H. Beyenal, A. Tanyolac, and Z. Lewandowski, “Measurement of local effective diffusivity and cell density variations in heterogeneous biofilms,” Water Sci. Technol. 38, 171-178 (1998).
10. I. Klimant, G. Holst, and M. Kuhl, “A simple fiber optic sensor to detect the penetration of microsensors in the sediments and other biogeochemical systems,” Limnol. Oceanogr. 42, 1638-1643 (1997).
11. H. Gao, Z. Chen, J. Kumar, S. Tripathy, and D. Kaplan, “Tapered fiber tips for fiber optic biosensors,” Opt. Eng. 34, 3465-3470 (1995).
12. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, 6th ed. (Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1980).
13. M. Yarborough, Photonics Design and Applications Handbook (Laurin, Pittsfield, Mass., 1996), pp. H287-H290.