Fig. 4: Motility influences the adhesion response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to shear on wrinkled surfaces.
From: Reduction of bacterial colonization on buckling-induced wrinkled surfaces under fluid shear
a, b Normalized surface coverage (Sc/SF) of the non-motile PA14 ΔmotABCD on ws∥ (left) and ws⊥ (right) surfaces at different time points and shear rates. c Normalized surface coverage (Sc/SF) as a function of shear rate, comparing the PA14 ΔmotABCD mutant and wild-type (WT) PA14 on on ws∥ (circles) and ws⊥ (squares) surfaces. d Schematic depicting the attachment and detachment behavior of WT (orange) and ΔmotABCD mutant (purple) strains on ws⊥ surfaces. Created in BioRender. Rusconi, R. (2025) https://BioRender.com/2ckm3h6. For a–c, data represent the mean ± SEM from at least N = 500 cells per frame, three frames per channel, and three technical channels per condition, with three independent biological replicates. Source data are provided as a Source data file.
