@inproceedings{2326aaed27764437a8490e9599bae475,
title = "Single-cell microfluidic platform to study anaerobic bacteria",
abstract = "We present a novel, anaerobic microfluidic system, for real-time monitoring of strictly anaerobic bacteria with single-cell resolution. Chemotactic responses of a cellulolytic bacterium Clostridium Cellulolyticum towards cellobiose were characterized using a gradient microfluidic device. The degradation of microcrystalline cellulose by C. cellulolyticum was observed in parallel microfluidic channels, suggesting that chemotaxis may play a key role in cellulose degradation by anaerobic digesters. These results demonstrate that microfluidics has great potential to study anaerobic microbial communities.",
keywords = "Anaerobic bacteria, Cellulose, Chemotaxis, Microfluidics, Single-cell assay",
author = "Yanqing Song and Andrew Glidle and Christopher Quince and Gavin Collins and William Sloan and Huabing Yin",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by EPSRC (EP/K038885/1) and NERC (NE/S008721/1) grants. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 CBMS-0001.; 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019 ; Conference date: 27-10-2019 Through 31-10-2019",
year = "2019",
language = "English",
series = "23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019",
publisher = "Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society",
pages = "508--509",
booktitle = "23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019",
}