Journal: mBio
Article Title: Shear flow promotes bacterial growth and shapes spatial gradients by rapidly replenishing scarce nutrients
doi: 10.1128/mbio.03446-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bacteria grow with 1,000 times lower glucose concentrations in flow. ( A ) Representation of glucose concentrations required for growth in flow and in no flow. For comparison, the glucose concentrations typically used in experiments and the affinity of bacterial glucose transporters were included ( , ). Cell divisions per hour under flow at a shear rate of 800 s −1 ( B ) or no flow ( C ) using conditioned M9 minimal medium with various concentrations of added glucose. M9 minimal medium was conditioned by cells to remove contaminant carbon sources. Quantification represents the average and standard deviation of three biological replicates. For each biological replicate, 30 cells were chosen at random for quantification. Experiments were conducted in microfluidic devices with or without flow for direct comparison of results.
Article Snippet: M9 minimal medium was prepared using the Cold Spring Harbor protocol for M9 minimal medium preparation , freely available from their website.
Techniques: Bacteria, Comparison, Shear, Standard Deviation