We developed a simple low-cost cultivation-based microfluidic device from office-laminator foil and Parafilm for the determination of specific microorganisms in water samples. The main goal was to obtain a device that would be portable and cheap compared to common laboratory techniques testing microorganisms. This device needs only 10µL of a sample and can be easily used in terrain by a non-specialist. Moreover, we dealt with some technical aspects of the device fabrication such as low-cost lamination techniques and the use of different cultivation media.

Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Department of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Science Palacký University in Olomouc 17 listopadu 12 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic

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