Should I stay or should I go? Spatio-temporal dynamics of bacterial biofilms in confined flows
Massinissa Benbelkacem,
Gabriel Ramos,
Fatima El Garah
et al.
Abstract:The vast majority of bacteria live in sessile biofilms that colonize the channels, pores and crevices of confined structures. Flow in these structures carries the nutrients necessary for growth, but also generates stresses and detachment from surfaces. Conversely, bacteria tend to occupy a large part of the available space and, in so doing, increase resistance to flow and modify transport properties. Although the importance of advective transport and hydrodynamic forces on bacteria is well known, the complex f… Show more
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