 The advantages of this technology in terms of its unique ability to non-aggressively generate particles/micro-reactors of uniform and very small size (up to 60 µm) means it can be employed to address certain areas of microbiological research, in which it is essential to investigate microorganisms independently, without interference from other strains and speedily assessing the influence of various external factors (temperature, additives in the matrix like salts, antibiotics, cytotoxins, etc.).
- Evaluate the effect of a substance individually.
- Permit the individual growth of microorganisms while interacting with each other and with their external environment through extracellular signals.
- Discriminate rapidly between cells with different growth rate.
- Provide a highly sensitive detection method that can easily distinguish microcolonies of 30-100 individuals by flow cytometry.
- Reduce test times, speeding up and increasing the number of tests.
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