Microfluidic flow confinement to avoid chemotaxis-based upstream growth in a biofilm flow cell reactor
Farnaz Asayesh, Mir Pouyan Zarabadi, Nahid Babaei Aznaveh, Jesse Greener
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70% confidenceThis study investigates the use of microfluidic flow confinement to prevent chemotaxis-based upstream growth in a biofilm flow cell reactor, a common issue in Microbial Electrochemical Systems (MES) research. The authors demonstrate that passive microfluidic elements can effectively prevent unwanted contamination of upstream elements by bacterial inoculants. This approach has the potential to improve the design and operation of MES reactors.
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Abstract
Introduction of bacterial inoculant into a chemostat bioreactor can lead to unwanted contamination of upstream elements via chemotaxis. Passive microfluidic elements show the potential to solve this problem.
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- Analytical Methods
- Year
- 2018