Assessment of three-dimensional biofilm structure using an optical microscope.

Abstract:

:A method allowing the evaluation of the structure and the calculation of the volume of a biofilm, using an optical microscope, is proposed based on the linear relation between the intensity of a pixel in biofilm images grabbed on the x-y plane and the corresponding number of cells in the z direction, which allows the calculation of the biofilm thickness. The method is intended to overcome the need for expensive microscopes to study biofilms.

journal_name

Biotechniques

journal_title

BioTechniques

authors

de Carvalho CC,da Fonseca MM

doi

10.2144/000112403

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-05-01 00:00:00

pages

616, 618-20

issue

5

eissn

0736-6205

issn

1940-9818

pii

000112403

journal_volume

42

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