ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2016
Flow Chamber System for the Statistical Evaluation of Bacterial Colonization on Materials.
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- Multispecies Bacterial Biofilms and Their Evaluation Using Bioreactors.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Development of an anti-infective coating on the surface of intraosseous implants responsive to enzymes and bacteria.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2021Article
- Experimental Designs to Study the Aggregation and Colonization of Biofilms by Video Microscopy With Statistical Confidence.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Biofilm formation on materials leads to high costs in industrial processes, as well as in medical applications. This fact has stimulated interest in the development of new materials with improved surfaces to reduce bacterial colonization. Standardized tests relying on statistical evidence are indispensable to evaluate the quality and safety of these new materials. We describe here a flow chamber system for biofilm cultivation under controlled conditions with a total capacity for testing up to 32 samples in parallel. In order to quantify the surface colonization, bacterial cells were DAPI (4`,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole)-stained and examined with epifluorescence microscopy. More than 100 images of each sample were automatically taken and the surface coverage was estimated using the free open source software g'mic, followed by a precise statistical evaluation. Overview images of all gathered pictures were generated to dissect the colonization characteristics of the selected model organism
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