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SUBMITTER: Palalay JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576114 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Palalay Jessica-Jae S JS Simsek Ahmet N AN Reed Jessie L JL Koch Matthias D MD Sabass Benedikt B Sanfilippo Joseph E JE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20231003 41
Fluid flow is thought to prevent bacterial adhesion, but some bacteria use adhesins with catch bond properties to enhance adhesion under high shear forces. However, many studies on bacterial adhesion either neglect the influence of shear force or use shear forces that are not typically found in natural systems. In this study, we use microfluidics and single-cell imaging to examine how the human pathogen <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> interacts with surfaces when exposed to shear forces typically ...[more]