ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2018
Application of Microfluidics in Experimental Ecology: The Importance of Being Spatial.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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20 citing papers in PubMed.
- Gradient metapopulation microfluidic ecologies shape genetic and biofilm drivers of T4r phage resistance in E. coli.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Impact of micro-habitat fragmentation on microbial population growth dynamics.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Deciphering microbial spatial organization: insights from synthetic and engineered communities.ISME communications · 2025Review
- Higher-order interactions and emergent properties of microbial communities: The power of synthetic ecology.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Microfluidic Ecology Unravels the Genetic and Ecological Drivers of T4r Bacteriophage Resistance in E. coli: Insights into Biofilm-Mediated Evolution.Research square · 2024Article
- Chemotactic Interactions of Scenedesmus sp. and Azospirillum brasilense Investigated by Microfluidic Methods.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Microfluidics for adaptation of microorganisms to stress: design and application.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Photo-addressable microwell devices for rapid functional screening and isolation of pathogen inhibitors from bacterial strain libraries.Biomicrofluidics · 2024Article
- Microbiome engineering for bioremediation of emerging pollutants.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2023Review
- Growth-Associated Droplet Shrinkage for Bacterial Quantification, Growth Monitoring, and Separation by Ultrahigh-Throughput Microfluidics.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Fungi as mediators linking organisms and ecosystems.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Review
- Emergence of ResistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Habitat geometry in artificial microstructure affects bacterial and fungal growth, interactions, and substrate degradation.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Synchronized emergence under diatom sperm competition.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- The engineering of spatially linked microbial consortia - potential and perspectives.Current opinion in biotechnology · 2020Review
- Formation of Polarized, Functional Artificial Cells from Compartmentalized Droplet Networks and Nanomaterials, Using One-Step, Dual-Material 3D-Printed Microfluidics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2020Article
- Simultaneous Discovery of Positive and Negative Interactions Among Rhizosphere Bacteria Using Microwell Recovery Arrays.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Microfluidics for Biotechnology: Bridging Gaps to Foster Microfluidic Applications.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Review
- Microbial Experimental Evolution - a proving ground for evolutionary theory and a tool for discovery.EMBO reports · 2019Review
- Bacteria-in-paper, a versatile platform to study bacterial ecology.Ecology letters · 2019Article
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Abstract
Microfluidics is an emerging technology that is used more and more in biology experiments. Its capabilities of creating precisely controlled conditions in cellular dimensions make it ideal to explore cell-cell and cell-environment interactions. Thus, a wide spectrum of problems in microbial ecology can be studied using engineered microbial habitats. Moreover, artificial microfluidic ecosystems can serve as model systems to test ecology theories and principles that apply on a higher level in the hierarchy of biological organization. In this mini review we aim to demonstrate the versatility of microfluidics and the diversity of its applications that help the advance of microbiology, and in more general, experimental ecology.
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