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Characterization of Aquatic Biofilms with Flow Cytometry

Linn Sgier¹, Stephanie N. Merbt¹, Ahmed Tlili¹, Alexandra Kroll¹, Anze Zupanic¹

¹Department of Environmental Toxicology, Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology

Flow cytometry in combination with visual clustering offers an easy-to-use and fast method for studying aquatic biofilms. It can be used for biofilm characterization, detection of changes in biofilm community structure, and detection of abiotic particles embedded in the biofilm.