Bacterial growth monitoring in a microfluidic device by confocal reflection microscopy

The feasibility of a method to nondestructively measure planktonic bacterial growth in a microfluidic device was addressed. Here, we report that the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a microfluidic device could be measured by a three-dimensional image analysis technique based on confocal reflection microscopy in a time-course. (C) 2010, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. All rights reserved.