Industrial Surfaces Biofilm Reactor

          The Industrial Surfaces Biofilm Reactor (ISBR) is a bench-top biofilm growth chamber designed to provide a growth environment for biofilm under low shear, high gas transfer, and intermittent wetting. The sample slides are intermittently wetted via a fluid distribution port in the reactor. The nutrient feed gravity flows into a sump located at the bottom of the reactor and may be recycled or drained to waste. This reactor environment is similar to those in industrial cooling towers, food preparation surfaces, painted and coated surface testing, marine environments, and other periodically wetted or humid biofilm growth surfaces. The ISBR can be used to model biofilm growth found in a large variety of industrial applications and public health environments.

          The components of the ISBR include: multi-ported glass vessel, ported lid, lid seal assembly, coupon holder rotor, fluid distribution port, 18 coupons (various materials available), and magnetic stir/hot plate. The reactor components are autoclavable and reuseable.