Bacterial adhesion and growth in non-static environments.

非静电环境中的细菌粘附和生长。

• 批准号: 1941689
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1941689
• 关键词: Bacterial; adhesion; growth; non; static

Bacteria are micro-organisms found almost everywhere in nature. They posses the ability to adapt and colonise any surface that has not been pretreated to prevent adhesion. This poses an issue for many industries including medical devices and environmental since the contamination by bacteria leads to large expenses being incurred to remove them. My research focuses on measuring the bacterial growth and adhesion in non-static environments such as microfludic devices and vibrating/deformed surfaces. It is hoped that by understanding how bacteria adapt to an environment with changing perturbations, a greater understanding of how exactly bacteria adhere and colonise surfaces can be gained.

细菌是自然界中几乎随处可见的微生物。它们具有适应和定植任何未经前处理以防止粘连的表面的能力。这给包括医疗器械和环境在内的许多行业带来了一个问题，因为细菌的污染导致了去除它们的巨额费用。我的研究重点是测量细菌在非静态环境中的生长和粘附性，例如微流控设备和振动/变形表面。希望通过了解细菌如何适应不断变化的扰动环境，能够更好地了解细菌到底是如何附着和定植表面的。

项目成果

Reduced adhesion between cells and substrate confers selective advantage in bacterial colonies (a)

细胞和基质之间的粘附力降低赋予细菌菌落选择优势 (a)

• DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/123/68001
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: EPL (Europhysics Letters)
• 作者: Watson C