Microscopy image, computer simulation and equation in the context of biofilm growth in catheters of bacteria treated with antibiotics*.

Professorship for Theoretical Microbial Ecology

Prof. Dr Rosalind Allen
Microscopy image, computer simulation and equation in the context of biofilm growth in catheters of bacteria treated with antibiotics*.
Image: Sharareh Tavaddod, Ellen Young and Rosalind Allen

Rosalind Allen, University Professor Dr

Professor for Theoretical Microbial Ecology
Professorship for Theoretical Microbial Ecology
Portrait Prof. Rosalind Allen.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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From left to right: replicate bacterial cultures growing in a PhD indicator dye; E. coli bacteria treated with mecillinam; individual-based model simulations of a growing bacterial biofilm; and equation describes the roughness of the biofilm.

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* Detailed description for image on top: Microscopy image of E. coli bacteria treated with the antibiotic mecillinam. Computer simulations of a growing bacterial biofilm, colour-coded by lineage length. Equation describing spreading of bacteria on the surface of a urinary catheter.