by Sarah Rothman
TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY	Miniaturizing the Chemostat Microfluidic device prevents biofilm formation The Scientist 2005, 19(19):40 Published   10 October 2005

Researchers at Stanford University have miniaturized the chemostat, a device widely used as a steady culture environment for bacterial cultures.[1] Using only 16 nanoliters of culture media (nearly 109 less volume than conventional chemostats), the "microchemostat" avoids the problem of biofilm, which grows on chemostat walls and ultimately leaks into the culture media, causing contamination.

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