A multi-platform flow device for microbial (co-) cultivation and microscopic analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hesselman, Matthijn C ^a   Odoni, Dorett I ^a   Ryback, Brendan M ^a   de Groot, Suzette ^a   van Heck, Ruben G A ^a   Keijsers, Jaap ^a   Kolkman, Pim ^a   Nieuwenhuijse, David ^a   van Nuland, Youri M ^a   Sebus, Erik ^a   Spee, Rob ^a   de Vries, Hugo ^a   Wapenaar, Marten T ^a   Ingham, Colin J ^b   Schroën, Karin ^a   Martins dos Santos, Vítor A P ^a   Spaans, Sebastiaan K ^a   Hugenholtz, Floor ^a,c   van Passel, Mark W J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MicroDish BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SILICON NITRIDE; SYNTHETIC DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSENSOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOSTAT; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW DEVICE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LABORATORY DEVICE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEMATODA;

COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84861008844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036982     Document Type: Article

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