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Rotational and translational motion observed in Escherichia coli aggregates during shear

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Resumo:Recently, the growth of an Escherichia coli culture was studied using real-time and in situ rheology and rheoimaging measurements, allowing to characterize their rheological behavior during time [1]. In the lag phase, bacteria are adapting to the new environmental growth conditions, with a characteristic slow division rate. Accordingly, the viscosity shows a slow and constant increase with time. In the exponential phase the viscosity presents a dramatic increase, but exhibits several drops and recoveries. In the late phase of growth, the viscosity increase slows down, reaching na intermittent plateau of maximum viscosity, with several drops and recoveries. In this phase, the highest bactéria density is attained: bacteria still grow and divide, but at a lower rate; big and irregular bacteria aggregates are observed, which keep moving in suspension and no significant sedimentation is observed; the aggregates present translational motion in the shear flow direction and rotational motion in the vorticity direction; the aggregates become larger along time, due to the incorporation of smaller aggregates; due to the rotational motion, the aggregates become elongated along the rotational axis; apparently, the size of the aggregates does not influence the rotational motion, since almost all aggregates rotate with the same angular velocity, which is related to the applied shear rate. As a first approximation, and because an explicit individual motion of the cells within each aggregate is not observed, this behavior is interpreted in light of a simple rigid-body motion, in which shear rate and angular velocity are dependent, which will be presented as a microscopic model.
Autores principais:Portela, R.
Outros Autores:Franco, J. M.; Patricio, Pedro; Almeida, Pedro L.; Sobral, R. G.; Leal, Catarina R.
Assunto:Rotational Translational motion Escherichia coli Viscosity
Ano:2017
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:documento de conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso restrito
Instituição associada:Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório Científico da Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa

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