Microfluidic growth chambers with optical tweezers for full spatial single-cell control and analysis of evolving microbes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 470-476

  Probst, Christopher ^a   Grünberger, Alexander ^a   Wiechert, Wolfgang ^a   Kohlheyer, Dietrich ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Microfluidics; Optical tweezers; Polydimethylsiloxane; Single cell analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH CHAMBER; GROWTH RATE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84889084264     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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