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Long-Term Monitoring of Biofilm Growth and Disinfection Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Reflectance Measurements

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Author(s)

Vytautas Reipa, Jamie L. Almeida, Kenneth D. Cole

Abstract

An biofilm reactor was constructed that allows for real-time monitoring of the growth and removal of biofilms by monitoring the response of a quartz crystal mircrobalance (QCM) and a novel method of measuring the reflectance of light off the surface of the electrode. A model system based on biofilm growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) on the surface. Bioreactors were run for over 5 days. Removal of the biofilm by a disenfectant (chlorine) was also measured in real time. The bioreactor will allow us to rapidly measure the formation of a biofilm and conditions for its removal.
Citation
Journal of Microbiological Methods
Volume
66
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

biofilm, bioreactor, quartz crystal microbalance, reflectance
Bioscience and Health

Citation

Reipa, V. , Almeida, J. and Cole, K. (2006), Long-Term Monitoring of Biofilm Growth and Disinfection Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Reflectance Measurements, Journal of Microbiological Methods (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created September 1, 2006, Updated February 19, 2017
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