A novel planar flow cell for studies of biofilm heterogeneity and flow-biofilm interactions

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2571-2582

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Sileika, Tadas S ^a   Chen, Cheng ^b   Liu, Yang ^a   Lee, Jisun ^a   Packman, Aaron I ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Institute of Shanghai Securities Co Ltd   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Flow gradients; Heterogeneity; Planar flow cell

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FLOW CHAMBERS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW GRADIENTS; FLUID VELOCITIES; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN INFECTION; HYDRODYNAMIC SHEAR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NON-INVASIVE; NUTRIENT INFLUX; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PLANAR FLOW; PRECISE CONTROL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW; VIDEO IMAGING;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CELLS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MICROORGANISMS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANAR FLOW CELL REACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80053050837     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23234     Document Type: Article

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