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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2007, p. 6289-6295, Vol. 73, No. 19
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01574-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Combined Imaging of Bacteria and Oxygen in Biofilms{triangledown}

Michael Kühl,* Lars F. Rickelt, and Roland Thar

Marine Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Strandpromenaden 5, DK-3000 Helsingør, Denmark

Received 11 July 2007/ Accepted 6 August 2007

Transparent sensors for microscopic O2 imaging were developed by spin coating an ultrathin (<1- to 2-µm) layer of a luminescent O2 indicator onto coverslips. The sensors showed (i) an ideal Stern-Volmer quenching behavior of the luminescence lifetime towards O2 levels, (ii) homogeneous measuring characteristics over the sensor surface, and (iii) a linear decline of luminescence lifetime with increasing temperature. When a batch of such coverslip sensors has been characterized, their use is thus essentially calibration free at a known temperature. The sensors are easy to use in flow chambers and other growth devices used in microbiology. We present the first application for combined imaging of O2 and bacteria in a biofilm flow chamber mounted on a microscope equipped with a spinning-disk confocal unit and a luminescence lifetime camera system.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Marine Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Strandpromenaden 5, DK-3000 Helsingør, Denmark. Phone: 45-3532-1950. Fax: 45-3532-1951. E-mail: mkuhl{at}bi.ku.dk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 August 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2007, p. 6289-6295, Vol. 73, No. 19
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01574-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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