Perspective: Microfluidic applications in microbiology

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-111

  Saleh Lakha, Saleema ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; DNA; Microbiology; Microfluidics; Nucleic acids; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIP; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77953539220     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.03.022     Document Type: Short Survey

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