Confined biofilm culture and flow in microfluidic channel

• Main Author: Lim, Chun Ping
• Other Authors: Lam Yee Cheong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65306
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A biofilm is an aggregate of bacteria held together by an extracellular polymeric matrix on an interface. A biofilm residing on a liquid-solid interface is significantly influenced by the hydrodynamic environment. Although various microfluidic flow cells have been developed to study biofilms under w...