Quantitative analysis of single bacterial chemotaxis using a linear concentration gradient microchannel
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Quantitative analysis of single bacterial chemotaxis using a linear concentration gradient microchannel
A microfluidic device to quantify bacterial chemotaxis has been proposed, which generates a linear concentration gradient of chemoattractant in the main channel only by convective and molecular diffusion, and which enables the bacteria to enter the main channel in a single file by hydrodynamic focusing technique. The trajectory of each bacterium in response to the concentration gradient of chem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Microdevices
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1387-2176,1572-8781
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-009-9330-8