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细菌生物膜中的微结构和风湿转变

Samuel G V Charlton^1,2, Amber N Bible³, Eleonora Secchi¹

¹Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8049, Switzerland.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)

|July 31, 2023

概括

这项研究揭示了细菌细胞外基质 (ECM) 如何影响生物膜结构和粘性弹性. 生物膜中减少的外聚糖增加了细胞包装,改变了它们的物理性质,从弱的凝变成了状玻璃.

科学领域:

微生物学微生物学
生物物理学的生物物理.
材料科学材料科学材料科学

背景情况:

生物膜是包裹在细胞外基质 (ECM) 中的细菌群体,对于它们的结构和机械稳定性至关重要.
生物膜可以在物理上被建模为合凝,细胞作为聚合物ECM中的粒子.
ECM对生物膜细胞包装分数 (φ) 和粘性弹性的影响尚不清楚.

研究的目的:

研究生物膜结构,特别是细胞包装分数 (φ) 和粘弹性行为之间的相关性.
探索外聚糖 (EPS) 在调节生物膜结构和风湿性质中的作用.

主要方法:

使用的野生类型 (WT) Pantoea sp. 和一个突变体 (ΔUDP) 减少了外聚糖的产量.
在生物膜中的量化细胞包装分数 (φ).
使用rheological测量的特征粘弹性反应.
采用共同培养技术来调节生物膜 φ 和观察结构转变.

主要成果:

与WT相比,ΔUDP生物膜的φ增加了7倍,呈现出类似于玻璃的合体结构.
WT生物片显示弱的凝类风湿学特征,而ΔUDP生物片显示类似玻璃的特征.
通过共同培养调节φ诱导过渡从弱凝到强凝和合玻璃状态.

结论:

外聚糖在介导生物膜内的结构转变方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
生物膜结构 (特别是φ) 和其出现的粘弹性反应之间存在直接的相关性.
这项研究为理解基于体原理的生物膜力学提供了物理框架.

关键词:

付款效应付款效应是指付款效应.生物膜是一种生物膜.细胞外的外聚糖是细胞外的外聚糖.包装部分的分数.粘性弹性粘性弹性

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