A SIMPLE LASER-BASED DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS MICROBIAL 4 CULTURE AND ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENT

摘要

In this work we present a device specifically designed to study microbial growth with several applications related to environmental microbiology and other areas of research as astrobiology. The Automated Measuring and Cultivation device (AMC-d) enables semi-continuous absorbance measurements directly during cultivation. It can measure simultaneously up to 16 samples. Growth curves using low and fast growing microorganism were plotted, including: Escherichia coli, and Haloferax volcanii, a halophilic archaeon.