Spatiotemporal evaporating droplet dynamics on fomites enhances long term bacterial pathogenesis

Sreeparna Majee; Atish Roy Chowdhury; Roven Pinto; Ankur Chattopadhyay; Amey Nitin Agharkar; Dipshikha Chakravortty; Saptarshi Basu

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02711-z

Communications Biology (Oct 2021)

Spatiotemporal evaporating droplet dynamics on fomites enhances long term bacterial pathogenesis

Sreeparna Majee,
Atish Roy Chowdhury,
Roven Pinto,
Ankur Chattopadhyay,
Amey Nitin Agharkar,
Dipshikha Chakravortty,
Saptarshi Basu

Affiliations

Sreeparna Majee: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Atish Roy Chowdhury: Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science
Roven Pinto: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Ankur Chattopadhyay: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Amey Nitin Agharkar: Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER), Indian Institute of Science
Dipshikha Chakravortty: Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science
Saptarshi Basu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02711-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Sreeparna Majee et al. combines flow visualization, optical microscopy, mathematical modeling, and biological experiments to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of drying bacterial droplets, demonstrating long-term bacterial pathogenesis after drying and rehydration.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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