Development and evaluation of an experimental protocol for 3-D visualization and characterization of the structure of bacterial biofilms in porous media using laboratory X-ray tomography

Tomislav Ivankovic (1, 2, 3) , Sabine Rolland Du Roscoat (1, 2) , Christian Geindreau (1, 2) , Philippe Séchet (4) , Zhujun Huang (4) , Jean M. F. Martins (5)

1 3SR - Laboratoire sols, solides, structures - risques [Grenoble]
2 CoMHet - Mécanique et Couplages Multiphysiques des Milieux Hétérogènes
3 Department of Biology [Zagreb]
4 LEGI - Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels [Grenoble]
5 LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement

Mots clés: Biofilms growth and development; Porous Media; X-ray microtomography

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

Tomislav Ivankovic, Sabine Rolland Du Roscoat, Christian Geindreau, Philippe Séchet, Zhujun Huang, et al.. Development and evaluation of an experimental protocol for 3-D visualization and characterization of the structure of bacterial biofilms in porous media using laboratory X-ray tomography. Biofouling, 2016, 32 (10), pp.1235 - 1244. ⟨10.1080/08927014.2016.1249865⟩. ⟨hal-01709724⟩