During the project, we showed that viability of E. coli grown in Quasi Vivo® is not significantly different from those grown in standard glass vessels (Figure 1).

We also showed that that the chambers do not abstract metals from the growth medium, nor leach metals into cell-free media (Table 1). This applies even when the medium has been treated to deplete selected metals thus providing a potential concentration gradient from the Quasi Vivo® chamber materials (silicone and acrylic) to the medium.

We conclude that these vessels are suitable for growths involving metal-controlled conditions.