Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets

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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Andrew R.
dc.contributor.authorJalali, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorBoufadel, Michel C.
dc.contributor.authorSheng, Jian
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Andrew R.
dc.contributor.authorJalali, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorBoufadel, Michel C.
dc.contributor.authorSheng, Jian
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8815-1051
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8815-1051
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T21:19:33Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T21:19:33Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T21:19:33Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T21:19:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-09
dc.date.issued2020-03-092020-03-09
dc.date.issued2020-03-09
dc.description.abstractCompeting time scales involved in rapid rising micro-droplets in comparison to substantially slower biodegradation processes at oil-water interfaces highlights a perplexing question: how do biotic processes occur and alter the fates of oil micro-droplets (<500 μm) in the 400 m thick Deepwater Horizon deep-sea plume? For instance, a 200 μm droplet traverses the plume in ~48 h, while known biodegradation processes require weeks to complete. Using a microfluidic platform allowing microcosm observations of a droplet passing through a bacterial suspension at ecologically relevant length and time scales, we discover that within minutes bacteria attach onto an oil droplet and extrude polymeric streamers that rapidly bundle into an elongated aggregate, drastically increasing drag that consequently slows droplet rising velocity. Results provide a key mechanism bridging competing scales and establish a potential pathway to biodegradation and sedimentations as well as substantially alter physical transport of droplets during a deep-sea oil spill with dispersant.en_US
dc.description.abstractCompeting time scales involved in rapid rising micro-droplets in comparison to substantially slower biodegradation processes at oil-water interfaces highlights a perplexing question: how do biotic processes occur and alter the fates of oil micro-droplets (<500 μm) in the 400 m thick Deepwater Horizon deep-sea plume? For instance, a 200 μm droplet traverses the plume in ~48 h, while known biodegradation processes require weeks to complete. Using a microfluidic platform allowing microcosm observations of a droplet passing through a bacterial suspension at ecologically relevant length and time scales, we discover that within minutes bacteria attach onto an oil droplet and extrude polymeric streamers that rapidly bundle into an elongated aggregate, drastically increasing drag that consequently slows droplet rising velocity. Results provide a key mechanism bridging competing scales and establish a potential pathway to biodegradation and sedimentations as well as substantially alter physical transport of droplets during a deep-sea oil spill with dispersant.
dc.identifier.citationWhite, A.R., Jalali, M., Boufadel, M.C. et al. Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets. Sci Rep 10, 4305 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61214-9en_US
dc.identifier.citationWhite, A.R., Jalali, M., Boufadel, M.C. et al. Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets. Sci Rep 10, 4305 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61214-9
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-020-61214-9
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-020-61214-910.1038/s41598-020-61214-9
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-020-61214-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/87836
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/87836https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/87836
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/87836
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNature Scientific Reportsen_US
dc.publisherNature Scientific Reports
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subjectbacteria oil interactionen_US
dc.subjectstreamer formationen_US
dc.subjecthydrodynamic dragen_US
dc.subjectfate of oil dropletsen_US
dc.subjectlab-on-a-chipen_US
dc.subjectbacteria oil interaction
dc.subjectstreamer formation
dc.subjecthydrodynamic drag
dc.subjectfate of oil droplets
dc.subjectlab-on-a-chip
dc.titleBacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil dropletsen_US
dc.titleBacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets
dc.typeArticleen_US
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