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ArticleMicromachines2018

Simultaneous Measurement of Viscosity and Optical Density of Bacterial Growth and Death in a Microdroplet.

Karolina Sklodowska, Pawel R Debski, Jacek A Michalski, Piotr M Korczyk, Miroslaw Dolata, Miroslaw Zajac, Slawomir Jakiela

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Article in Micromachines, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Karolina SklodowskaDepartment of Biophysics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02776 Warsaw, Poland. karolina_sklodowska@sggw.pl.ORCID 0000-0001-6800-1622
Pawel R DebskiDepartment of Biophysics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02776 Warsaw, Poland. pawel_debski@sggw.pl.
Jacek A MichalskiFaculty of Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Petrochemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, 17 Lukasiewicza Street, 09400 Plock, Poland. jacek.michalski@pw.edu.pl.
Piotr M KorczykInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5B, 02106 Warsaw, Poland. piotr.korczyk@ippt.pan.pl.
Miroslaw DolataDepartment of Econophysics and Physics Application, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02776 Warsaw, Poland. miroslaw_dolata@sggw.pl.ORCID 0000-0001-7232-9671
Miroslaw ZajacDepartment of Biophysics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02776 Warsaw, Poland. miroslaw_zajac@sggw.pl.
Slawomir JakielaDepartment of Biophysics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02776 Warsaw, Poland. slawomir_jakiela@sggw.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-1557-1650

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Narodowym Centrum Nauki 2014/15/B/ST4/04955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herein, we describe a novel method for the assessment of droplet viscosity moving inside microfluidic channels. The method allows for the monitoring of the rate of the continuous growth of bacterial culture. It is based on the analysis of the hydrodynamic resistance of a droplet that is present in a microfluidic channel, which affects its motion. As a result, we were able to observe and quantify the change in the viscosity of the dispersed phase that is caused by the increasing population of interacting bacteria inside a size-limited system. The technique allows for finding the correlation between the viscosity of the medium with a bacterial culture and its optical density. These features, together with the high precision of the measurement, make our viscometer a promising tool for various experiments in the field of analytical chemistry and microbiology, where the rigorous control of the conditions of the reaction and the monitoring of the size of bacterial culture are vital.

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cell growthdroplet microfluidicsEscherichia colirheologyviscosity

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PMCPMC6187717

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