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 January 8, 2026)
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Long-Term Monitoring of Biofilm Growth and Disinfection Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Reflectance Measurements
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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
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Created September 1, 2006, Updated February 19, 2017