Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 413, Issue 9, Pages 2331-2344Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-03085-7
Keywords
Microbial community; Microfluidics; Mathematical modeling; Algal bloom; Phytoplankton
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- Kavli Institute of theoretical physics on Active matter 2020 at UC Santa Barbara
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Aquatic microbial communities play a fundamental role in biogeochemical transformations in natural ecosystems, with their composition and function tightly controlled by environmental factors. Microfluidic platforms provide a unique opportunity for quantitative studies and theoretical modeling of microbial communities, which can be applied beyond aquatic ecosystems.
Aquatic microbial communities contribute fundamentally to biogeochemical transformations in natural ecosystems, and disruption of these communities can lead to ecological disasters such as harmful algal blooms. Microbial communities are highly dynamic, and their composition and function are tightly controlled by the biophysical (e.g., light, fluid flow, and temperature) and biochemical (e.g., chemical gradients and cell concentration) parameters of the surrounding environment. Due to the large number of environmental factors involved, a systematic understanding of the microbial community-environment interactions is lacking. In this article, we show that microfluidic platforms present a unique opportunity to recreate well-defined environmental factors in a laboratory setting in a high throughput way, enabling quantitative studies of microbial communities that are amenable to theoretical modeling. The focus of this article is on aquatic microbial communities, but the microfluidic and mathematical models discussed here can be readily applied to investigate other microbiomes.
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