Abstract
Biomass production by microbes is promising, where scale-up, competition against other microbes, and collection of the products are the major challenges. Here, we propose to use microtubes to encapsulate, protect, and culture microbes. Tubes can be micro- and mass-fabricated and prevent competitive microbes from intruding inside. The byproducts can be collected together with the tubes. In this paper, we demonstrate the proof-of-concepts experiments: we fabricated hydrogel microtube and cultured lactic acid producing microbes inside. The microbes increased and produced lactic acid, which was later successfully collected with the microtubes. This concept can be readily further expanded to biomass microbial production.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 1692-1694 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781479989553 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Aug 5 |
Event | 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 2015 Jun 21 → 2015 Jun 25 |
Other
Other | 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 |
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Country | United States |
City | Anchorage |
Period | 15/6/21 → 15/6/25 |
Keywords
- bacteria
- hydrogel
- microbe
- microfluidics
- microtube
- open environment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Instrumentation
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering