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Chemotactic Response of Marine Micro-Organisms to Micro-Scale Nutrient Layers
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Biologie
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Journal JoVE Biologie
Chemotactic Response of Marine Micro-Organisms to Micro-Scale Nutrient Layers
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22:38 min

May 28, 2007

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Chapitres

  • 00:04Microfabrication of channels
  • 00:16Mask
  • 00:55Cleaning and baking the wafer
  • 02:11Coating the wafer
  • 04:13Soft baking the wafer
  • 04:47UV exposure
  • 06:14Developing the wafer
  • 08:19Application of PDMS to produce channels
  • 12:44Experiment 1: Investigating the chemotactic response of marine micr
  • 13:44Adding organisms and substrates to glass syringes
  • 14:39Assembling the microfluidics system on the microscope stage
  • 15:53Observation under microscope
  • 16:37Removing bubbles from channel
  • 17:59Visualization of nutrient gradient and microbes
  • 18:42Measurement of chemotaxis
  • 19:47Experiemnt 2: Investigating the effects of shear on marine bacteria

Summary

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The fabrication of microfluidic channels and their implementation in experiments for studying the chemotactic foraging behaviour of marine microbes within a patchy nutrient seascape and the swimming behaviour of bacteria within shear flow are described.

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