Intra-Species Bacterial Quorum Sensing Studied at Single Cell Level in a Double Droplet Trap** System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Materials
3.2. Device Fabrication
3.3. Droplets Generation
3.4. Optical Detection
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Bai, Y.; Patil, S.N.; Bowden, S.D.; Poulter, S.; Pan, J.; Salmond, G.P.C.; Welch, M.; Huck, W.T.S.; Abell, C. Intra-Species Bacterial Quorum Sensing Studied at Single Cell Level in a Double Droplet Trap** System. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 10570-10581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140510570
Bai Y, Patil SN, Bowden SD, Poulter S, Pan J, Salmond GPC, Welch M, Huck WTS, Abell C. Intra-Species Bacterial Quorum Sensing Studied at Single Cell Level in a Double Droplet Trap** System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2013; 14(5):10570-10581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140510570
Chicago/Turabian StyleBai, Yunpeng, Santoshkumar N. Patil, Steven D. Bowden, Simon Poulter, Jie Pan, George P. C. Salmond, Martin Welch, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, and Chris Abell. 2013. "Intra-Species Bacterial Quorum Sensing Studied at Single Cell Level in a Double Droplet Trap** System" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14, no. 5: 10570-10581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms140510570