AC Electric Field Mediated Assembly of Bacterial Tetrads.

ABSTRACT: Understanding spatiotemporal organization in bacteria under an external AC electric field is not only very interesting from a perspective of studying assembly and disassembly in a model biofilm but also provides insight into the intricate role of anisotropic interaction with bacterial dynamics that can generate interesting complex structures. In the current study, using confocal microscopy, we demonstrate such complex assemblies of monodisperse tetrad clusters of Micrococcus luteus, an environmental bacterium synthesized under a controlled growth condition. These clusters under the AC field produce a range of interesting structures such as chains, double helix, and bundles, which are instantaneously reversible when the field is switched off. Our studies can provide important insight

SUBMITTER: Samantaray K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7098059 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature