Table 1.

Summary of DIY bioreactor and microplates.

Name	In-line detection	Volume	Organism	Note	Reference
Turbidostat	OD, fluorescence	15 ml	Yeast	3D printed holder and pump	Takahashi et al., 2014
Morbidostat	OD	12 ml	E. coli	Antibiotic drug resistance	Toprak et al., 2012, 2013; Liu et al., 2016
Microreactor	OD, PH, and oxygen	1 ml	E. coli	Point of care	Lee et al., 2011; Perez-Pinera et al., 2016
Optogenetic bioreactor	OD fluorescence	12 ml	E. coli	Optogenetics	Wang and Yang, 2017
Light tube array (LTA)	None (fluorescence with offline flow cytometry)	1 ml	E. coli	Optogenetics for bacteria and mammalian cell entrapment of cyanobacteria	Olson et al., 2014; Gerhardt et al., 2016
Cell growth quantifier (CGQ)	OD	50 ml	Yeast	Back scattering and high speed data acquisition	Bruder et al., 2016
Microplate with robotic assay	OD, fluorescence	∼100 μl	E. coli	Gene expression profiling	Zaslaver et al., 2006, 2009; Huber et al., 2009
Optical Microplate	None (fluorescence with offline flow cytometry)	100 ml	E. coli Dunaliella tertiolecta	Photosynthesis optogenetics	Chen et al., 2012; Davidson et al., 2013; Lee et al., 2013
PhotobioBox	OD	200 ml	Microalgae	Light intensity and temperature gradient between the wells	Heo et al., 2015

Several design features of each solution are listed for comparisons, e.g., working volume, organism the cultivation is designed for an in-line detection capabilities. Under the “Note” column we have listed the main intended application or any special features of the solution.