Table 1.

Advantages of MTPs as biofilm reactors and standard methods for quantitation of biofilm parameters in MTPs.

Advantages	References	Quantitation assays	References
High throughput	[4, 40]	Biofilm biomass	[1, 16]
Small volumes of reagents	[4, 40]	Microbial physiological activity	[7, 41]
Automation	[42, 43]	Microbial cells in the biofilm	[7, 41]
Multiplexing	[4]	Biofilm matrix	[44]