Modeling growth and quorum sensing in biofilms grown in microfluidic chambers

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1206-1216

  Janakiraman, Vijay ^a   Englert, Derek ^b   Jayaraman, Arul ^b   Baskaran, Harihara ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mass transport; Mathematical modeling; Microfluidics; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

BIO-FILM THICKNESS; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; CLOSED SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; MASS TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICRO-FLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; MULTIPLE SPECIES; ORGANIZED STRUCTURES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM-SENSING; SPATIO TEMPORALS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPEN SYSTEMS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BIOFILMS;

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67349218380     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9671-8     Document Type: Article

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