ArticleSoft matter2022
A microfluidic platform for characterizing the structure and rheology of biofilm streamers.
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- Reduction of bacterial colonization on buckling-induced wrinkled surfaces under fluid shear.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Microfluidics to Meet Antibiotic Resistance: A Growing Research Frontier.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Stress-hardening behaviour of biofilm streamers.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Review
- The role of fluid friction in streamer formation and biofilm growth.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Article
- Microfluidic approaches in microbial ecology.Lab on a chip · 2024Review
- Genotoxic stress stimulates eDNA release via explosive cell lysis and thereby promotes streamer formation of Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 cultured in a microfluidic device.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2023Article
- A Multilayered Imaging and Microfluidics Approach for Evaluating the Effect of Fibrinolysis inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Multichannel Microfluidic Platform for Temporal-Spatial Investigation of Niche Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli within a Dual-Species Biofilm.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Rapid formation of bioaggregates and morphology transition to biofilm streamers induced by pore-throat flows.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Ultraviolet control of bacterial biofilms in microfluidic chips.Biomicrofluidics · 2023Article
- Experimental challenges in determining the rheological properties of bacterial biofilms.Interface focus · 2022Article
- The structural role of bacterial eDNA in the formation of biofilm streamers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Biofilm formation is the most successful survival strategy for bacterial communities. In the biofilm lifestyle, bacteria embed themselves in a self-secreted matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which acts as a shield against mechanical and chemical insults. When ambient flow is present, this viscoelastic scaffold can take a streamlined shape, forming biofilm filaments suspended in flow, called streamers. Streamers significantly disrupt the fluid flow by causing rapid clogging and affect transport in aquatic environments. Despite their relevance, the structural and rheological characterization of biofilm streamers is still at an early stage. In this work, we present a microfluidic platform that allows the reproducible growth of biofilm streamers in controlled physico-chemical conditions and the characterization of their biochemical composition, morphology, and rheology
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