Spatiotemporal evaporating droplet dynamics on fomites enhances long term bacterial pathogenesis
S. Majee, A. Roy Chowdhury, A. Chattopadhyay, R. Pinto, A. Agharkar, D. Chakravortty, S. Basu
This study shows that evaporation-induced bacterial patterns on fomites enhance Salmonella Typhimurium virulence through hyper-proliferation in macrophages and sustained pathogenicity in mice.
bioRxiv · May 20, 2021Microbiology