Microscale confinement features can affect biofilm formation

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 895-902

  Kumar, Aloke ^a   Karig, David ^b   Acharya, Rajesh ^a   Neethirajan, Suresh ^c   Mukherjee, Partha P ^d   Retterer, Scott ^a   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Micro vortices; Microfluidics; Secondary flows

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; CREEPING FLOW REGIME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-VORTICES; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1; SURFACES AND INTERFACES;

BACTERIA; CELL ADHESION; MICROFLUIDICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 84877802519     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1120-6     Document Type: Article

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