TY  - JOUR
AB  - A microfluidic device for microbial single-cell cultivation of bacteria was modeled and simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics. The liquid velocity field and the mass transfer within the supply channels and cultivation chambers were calculated to gain insight in the distribution of supplied nutrients and metabolic products secreted by the cultivated bacteria. The goal was to identify potential substrate limitations or product accumulations within the cultivation device. The metabolic uptake and production rates, colony size, and growth medium composition were varied covering a wide range of operating conditions. Simulations with glucose as substrate did not show limitations within the typically used concentration range, but for alternative substrates limitations could not be ruled out. This lays the foundation for further studies and the optimization of existing picoliter bioreactor systems.
DA  - 2015
DO  - 10.1039/C5LC00646e
LA  - eng
IS  - 21
M2  - 4177
PY  - 2015
SN  - 1473-0197
SP  - 4177-4186
T2  - Lab on a chip
TI  - Modeling and CFD Simulation of nutrient Distribution in picoliter bioreactors for bacterial growth studies on single-cell level
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29125570
Y2  - 2024-11-22T02:36:42
ER  -