Monitoring biofilm development in a microfluidic device using modified confocal reflection microscopy

作者：Yawata Yutaka; Toda Kensuke; Setoyama Erika; Fukuda Junji; Suzuki Hiroaki; Uchiyama Hiroo; Nomura Nobuhiko^*

来源：Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 2010, 110(3): 377-380.

DOI：10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.04.002

• MEMS
• Microfludic device
• mu TAS
• Streptococcus mutans
• Confocal microscopy
• Bio-chip
• Biofilm

The feasibility of a method to monitor biofilm development non-destructively in a microfluidic device was addressed. Here, we report that biofilm growth could be non-destructively monitored by an image analysis technique based on modification of confocal reflection microscopy.

• 出版日期2010-9