TY - GEN
T1 - Biofilms in hydrogel core-shell fibers
AU - Hirayama, Kayoko
AU - Kiriya, Daisuke
AU - Onoe, Hiroaki
AU - Takeuchi, Shoji
PY - 2011/4/13
Y1 - 2011/4/13
N2 - This paper describes a hydrogel microfiber encapsulating bacteria using an axisymmetric microfluidic device that creates co-axial laminar flow. Since the encapsulated bacteria proliferate at high density in the core of the microfiber, they easily form biofilms; these films are suggested to be important for the cell viability and high-level bacterial secretion. Here, we succeeded in preparing densely packed bacteria in the hydrogel microfiber, and found they proliferated and formed biofilm. We believe this microfiber will be a useful material in the field of bioreactors and microbial sensors.
AB - This paper describes a hydrogel microfiber encapsulating bacteria using an axisymmetric microfluidic device that creates co-axial laminar flow. Since the encapsulated bacteria proliferate at high density in the core of the microfiber, they easily form biofilms; these films are suggested to be important for the cell viability and high-level bacterial secretion. Here, we succeeded in preparing densely packed bacteria in the hydrogel microfiber, and found they proliferated and formed biofilm. We believe this microfiber will be a useful material in the field of bioreactors and microbial sensors.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734557
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734557
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79953777438
SN - 9781424496327
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 845
EP - 848
BT - 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011
T2 - 24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011
Y2 - 23 January 2011 through 27 January 2011
ER -