Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli

Abstract Silver (Ag) in various forms have recently gained broad interest and been revisited due to their promising antimicrobial effects. Here we report our study on the morphological dynamics of live bacteria when subjected to Ag+ ions. Using time-lapse microscopy, we observed oscillations of cell...

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Autores principales:	Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi, Jingyi Chen, Yong Wang
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2019
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3b826c6688b54d108b1fcacecacb47e92021-12-02T15:09:58ZSilver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli10.1038/s41598-019-48113-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/3b826c6688b54d108b1fcacecacb47e92019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48113-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Silver (Ag) in various forms have recently gained broad interest and been revisited due to their promising antimicrobial effects. Here we report our study on the morphological dynamics of live bacteria when subjected to Ag+ ions. Using time-lapse microscopy, we observed oscillations of cell-length for a large fraction of bacteria exposed to 60 μM of Ag+ ions. In addition, we found that the responses of bacteria to Ag+ ions were heterogeneous. We quantified the oscillations of cell-length with power spectral density, which appeared different from that of bacteria growing in the absence of Ag+ ions. Furthermore, a model similar to the predator-prey argument was developed to understand the observed oscillations of cell-length upon exposure to Ag+ ions. This model not only successfully produced the oscillations but also explained the observed heterogeneity in the bacterial responses to Ag+ ions.Venkata Rao KrishnamurthiJingyi ChenYong WangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi Jingyi Chen Yong Wang Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli
description	Abstract Silver (Ag) in various forms have recently gained broad interest and been revisited due to their promising antimicrobial effects. Here we report our study on the morphological dynamics of live bacteria when subjected to Ag+ ions. Using time-lapse microscopy, we observed oscillations of cell-length for a large fraction of bacteria exposed to 60 μM of Ag+ ions. In addition, we found that the responses of bacteria to Ag+ ions were heterogeneous. We quantified the oscillations of cell-length with power spectral density, which appeared different from that of bacteria growing in the absence of Ag+ ions. Furthermore, a model similar to the predator-prey argument was developed to understand the observed oscillations of cell-length upon exposure to Ag+ ions. This model not only successfully produced the oscillations but also explained the observed heterogeneity in the bacterial responses to Ag+ ions.
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author	Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi Jingyi Chen Yong Wang
author_facet	Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi Jingyi Chen Yong Wang
author_sort	Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi
title	Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli
title_short	Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli
title_full	Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli
title_fullStr	Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli
title_full_unstemmed	Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli
title_sort	silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of escherichia coli
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2019
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Silver ions cause oscillation of bacterial length of Escherichia coli

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