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ReviewMicrobes and environments2023

Novel Insights into Microbial Behavior Gleaned Using Microfluidics.

Kohei Takahashi, Xiaojie Li, Tatsuki Kunoh, Ryo Nagasawa, Norio Takeshita, Andrew S Utada

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Review in Microbes and environments, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kohei TakahashiGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Xiaojie LiGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Tatsuki KunohFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Ryo NagasawaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Norio TakeshitaFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Andrew S UtadaFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microorganisms develop into communities in nearly every environmental niche, which is typically replete with micrometer-scale gaps and features. In each of these habitats, microorganisms adapt to and are affected by their physical environment. Conventional culture methods use glass bottom dishes or millimeter-scale flow cells, which poorly mimic the complexity of natural micrometer-scale environments; therefore, the limitations associated with the creation of microbe-scale environments with granularity hinder the ability to examine their ecological behavior. Microfluidics is a tool that is increasingly being used to study microorganisms because it enables the manipulation of micrometer-scale flows while simultaneously facilitating real-time and live-cell imaging. In this review, we discuss several insights into the behavior of bacteria and fungi that were gained through the adoption of microfluidics to control complex micrometer-scale environments. We also discuss the potential of the increased adoption of this tool.

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EcosystemMicrofluidicsBacteriaEnvironmentbiofilmfilamentous fungiL. cholodniimicrofluidicsP. aeruginosaS. mutans

Identifiers

PMID36948629
PMCPMC12834610

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