title: Bacterial growth monitoring in a microfluidic device by confocal reflection microscopy.
abstract: The feasibility of a method to nondestructively measure planktonic bacterial growth in a microfluidic device was addressed. Here, we report that the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a microfluidic device could be measured by a three-dimensional image analysis technique based on confocal reflection microscopy in a time-course.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennnoudai1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yawata
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Setoyama
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nomura
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004247:DNA; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA