Interplay of physical mechanisms and biofilm processes: review of microfluidic methods

Bacterial transport suppressed by fluid shear

(2014) Roberto Rusconi et al.   Nature Physics

Lewis' law revisited: the role of anisotropy in size–topology correlations

(2014) Sangwoo Kim et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Hydrodynamic interaction of microswimmers near a wall

(2014) Gao-Jin Li et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

The curved shape of Caulobacter crescentus enhances surface colonization in flow

(2014) Alexandre Persat et al.   Nature Communications

Single cell rheometry with a microfluidic constriction: Quantitative control of friction and fluid leaks between cell and channel walls

(2013) Pascal Preira et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Biomineralization of Gold in Biofilms of Cupriavidus metallidurans

(2013) L. Fairbrother et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hele-Shaw rheometry

(2013) Sita Drost et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY

Single cell swimming dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes using a nanoporous microfluidic platform

(2013) Evan Wright et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Life after death: the critical role of extracellular DNA in microbial biofilms

(2013) N.S. Jakubovics et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Psl trails guide exploration and microcolony formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

(2013) Kun Zhao et al.   NATURE

Rheology of Human Blood Plasma: Viscoelastic Versus Newtonian Behavior

(2013) M. Brust et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

In-Situ Quantification of the Interfacial Rheological Response of Bacterial Biofilms to Environmental Stimuli

(2013) Patrick A. Rühs et al.   PLoS One

Biofilm streamers cause catastrophic disruption of flow with consequences for environmental and medical systems

(2013) Knut Drescher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development of antifouling surfaces to reduce bacterial attachment

(2013) Mary V. Graham et al.   Soft Matter

Bacteria–surface interactions

(2013) Hannah H. Tuson et al.   Soft Matter

Analytical Challenges of Microbial Biofilms on Medical Devices

(2012) Akos Vertes et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Pseudomonas aeruginosaTwitching Motility: Type IV Pili in Action

(2012) Lori L. Burrows   Annual Review of Microbiology

Fluid Flow Induces Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis Polysaccharide Intracellular Adhesin-Positive Clinical Isolates

(2012) Westbrook M. Weaver et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Formation of bacterial streamers during filtration in microfluidic systems

(2012) Aurélie Marty et al.   BIOFOULING

Biofabrication of stratified biofilm mimics for observation and control of bacterial signaling

(2012) Xiaolong Luo et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Bacterial aggregation and biofilm formation in a vortical flow

(2012) Shahrzad Yazdi et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Mapping of Bacterial Biofilm Local Mechanics by Magnetic Microparticle Actuation

(2012) Olivier Galy et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Acyl-homoserine lactone-dependent eavesdropping promotes competition in a laboratory co-culture model

(2012) Josephine R Chandler et al.   ISME Journal

The impact of flux and spacers on biofilm development on reverse osmosis membranes

(2012) S.R. Suwarno et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

A novel microfluidic device for the in situ optical and mechanical analysis of bacterial biofilms

(2012) Aaron P. Mosier et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

A web of streamers: biofilm formation in a porous microfluidic device

(2012) Amin Valiei et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Effect of Strain Rate on the Mechanical Properties of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms

(2012) Srijan Aggarwal et al.   LANGMUIR

A high-shear, low Reynolds number microfluidic rheometer

(2012) Lichao Pan et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Microscale confinement features can affect biofilm formation

(2012) Aloke Kumar et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Microfluidic Approaches to Bacterial Biofilm Formation

(2012) Junghyun Kim et al.   MOLECULES

Dynamics of AHL mediated quorum sensing under flow and non-flow conditions

(2012) Andrea Meyer et al.   PHYSICAL BIOLOGY

Emergence of a limit cycle for swimming microorganisms in a vortical flow of a viscoelastic fluid

(2012) A. M. Ardekani et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Division by fluid incision: Biofilm patch development in porous media

(2012) William M. Durham et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Swimming cells promote a dynamic environment within biofilms

(2012) B. R. Boles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial swimmers that infiltrate and take over the biofilm matrix

(2012) A. Houry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optimality and robustness in quorum sensing (QS)-mediated regulation of a costly public good enzyme

(2012) A. Pai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In siturheology of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacterial biofilms

(2012) Leonid Pavlovsky et al.   Soft Matter

Synthetic quorum-sensing circuit to control consortial biofilm formation and dispersal in a microfluidic device

(2012) Seok Hoon Hong et al.   Nature Communications

Calcium Increases Xylella fastidiosa Surface Attachment, Biofilm Formation, and Twitching Motility

(2011) Luisa F. Cruz et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chemical and antimicrobial treatments change the viscoelastic properties of bacterial biofilms

(2011) Warren L. Jones et al.   BIOFOULING

Flagella and Pili-Mediated Near-Surface Single-Cell Motility Mechanisms in P. aeruginosa

(2011) Jacinta C. Conrad et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Secondary Flow as a Mechanism for the Formation of Biofilm Streamers

(2011) Roberto Rusconi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Microbial electricity generation via microfluidic flow control

(2011) Zhiqiang Li et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Cellular Decision Making and Biological Noise: From Microbes to Mammals

(2011) Gábor Balázsi et al.   CELL

Hydrothermal ecotones and streamer biofilm communities in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

(2011) D'Arcy R Meyer-Dombard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Use of Microfluidics in Rheology

(2011) Xin Hu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Surface contact stimulates the just-in-time deployment of bacterial adhesins

(2011) Guanglai Li et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

All together now: Integrating biofilm research across disciplines

(2011) Gerard C.L. Wong et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Biofilms as complex fluids

(2011) James N. Wilking et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Novel infection-resistant surface coatings: A bioengineering approach

(2011) Xiaojuan Khoo et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Physicochemical regulation of biofilm formation

(2011) Lars D. Renner et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Self-Organization, Layered Structure, and Aggregation Enhance Persistence of a Synthetic Biofilm Consortium

(2011) Katie Brenner et al.   PLoS One

Reverse and flick: Hybrid locomotion in bacteria

(2011) R. Stocker   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial flagellum as a propeller and as a rudder for efficient chemotaxis

(2011) L. Xie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacteria use type-IV pili to slingshot on surfaces

(2011) F. Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical robustness of Pseudomonasaeruginosa biofilms

(2011) Oliver Lieleg et al.   Soft Matter

Trends in the development of environmentally friendly fouling-resistant marine coatings

(2011) James A. Callow et al.   Nature Communications

Fluid Mechanics of Microrheology

(2010) Todd M. Squires et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

New Device for High-Throughput Viability Screening of Flow Biofilms

(2010) M. R. Benoit et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mini review: Biomimetic models and bioinspired surfaces for fouling control

(2010) Andrew J. Scardino et al.   BIOFOULING

Extracellular DNA is abundant and important for microcolony strength in mixed microbial biofilms

(2010) Dominik Marek Dominiak et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An update onPseudomonas aeruginosabiofilm formation, tolerance, and dispersal

(2010) Morten Harmsen et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Assessing adhesion, biofilm formation and motility of Acidovorax citrulli using microfluidic flow chambers

(2010) Ofir Bahar et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Laminar flow around corners triggers the formation of biofilm streamers

(2010) R. Rusconi et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bacteria Pattern Spontaneously on Periodic Nanostructure Arrays

(2010) Allon I. Hochbaum et al.   NANO LETTERS

Hydrodynamic entrapment of bacteria swimming near a solid surface

(2010) Davide Giacché et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Multiple Pilus Motors Cooperate for Persistent Bacterial Movement in Two Dimensions

(2010) Claudia Holz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Modelling bacterial behaviour close to a no-slip plane boundary: the influence of bacterial geometry

(2010) H. Shum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Bacteria Use Type IV Pili to Walk Upright and Detach from Surfaces: Fig. 1

(2010) Maxsim L. Gibiansky et al.   SCIENCE

Probing Prokaryotic Social Behaviors with Bacterial "Lobster Traps"

(2010) J. L. Connell et al.   mBio

Microfluidic Confinement of Single Cells of Bacteria in Small Volumes Initiates High-Density Behavior of Quorum Sensing and Growth and Reveals Its Variability

(2009) James Q. Boedicker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bioinspiration—the solution for biofouling control?

(2009) Emily Ralston et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Absolute Quantitation of Bacterial Biofilm Adhesion and Viscoelasticity by Microbead Force Spectroscopy

(2009) Peter C.Y. Lau et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Computational study of the drag and oscillatory movement of biofilm streamers in fast flows

(2009) Danial Taherzadeh et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Bacterial cell curvature through mechanical control of cell growth

(2009) Matthew T Cabeen et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A 1.5 µL microbial fuel cell for on-chip bioelectricity generation

(2009) Fang Qian et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Flexible Microfluidic Device for Mechanical Property Characterization of Soft Viscoelastic Solids Such as Bacterial Biofilms

(2009) Danial N. Hohne et al.   LANGMUIR

Involvement of motility and flagella in Bacillus cereus biofilm formation

(2009) A. Houry et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Biomimetics: lessons from nature-an overview

(2009) B. Bhushan   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Active and Nonlinear Microrheology in Dense Colloidal Suspensions

(2009) I. Gazuz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms

(2009) Eric Lauga et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Viscoelastic properties ofStaphylococcus aureusandStaphylococcus epidermidismono-microbial biofilms

(2009) Antonio Di Stefano et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Individuality in Bacteria

(2008) Carla J. Davidson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Autoaggregation of Xylella fastidiosa Cells Is Influenced by Type I and Type IV Pili

(2008) L. De La Fuente et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

On the calculation of the elastic modulus of a biofilm streamer

(2008) N. Aravas et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Bacterial flagellar motor

(2008) Howard C. Berg   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bacterial Swimming Motility Enhances Cell Deposition and Surface Coverage

(2008) Alexis J. de Kerchove et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hydraulic Roughness of Biofouled Pipes, Biofilm Character, and Measured Improvements from Cleaning

(2008) Andrew F. Barton et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

Jamming prokaryotic cell-to-cell communications in a model biofilm

(2008) Winston Timp et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microrheology of Bacterial Biofilms In Vitro:Staphylococcus aureusandPseudomonas aeruginosa

(2008) S. S. Rogers et al.   LANGMUIR

Cooperative Retraction of Bundled Type IV Pili Enables Nanonewton Force Generation

(2008) Nicolas Biais et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Biomechanical ordering of dense cell populations

(2008) D. Volfson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amplified effect of Brownian motion in bacterial near-surface swimming

(2008) G. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defined spatial structure stabilizes a synthetic multispecies bacterial community

(2008) H. J. Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Engineering microbial consortia: a new frontier in synthetic biology

(2008) Katie Brenner et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

(2008) Carey D Nadell et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY