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Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Dispersed Oil

Jacinta C. Conrad

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

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Motion of microswimmers near a weakly deforming interface

Authors: Vaseem A. Shaik, Arezoo A. Ardekani
Published On: Aug 02 2017 16:12 UTC
File Format: dat, txt
DOI: 10.7266/N73R0QZ5
UDI: R5.x285.000:0001
File Size: 2.54 MB
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Level of fimbriation alters the adhesion of Escherichia coli bacteria to interfaces

Authors: Ryan McLay, Hang N. Nguyen, Yuly Andrea Jaimes-Lizcano, Simone Alexandrova, Debora F. Rodrigues, Patrick C. Cirino, Jacinta C. Conrad
Published On: Aug 01 2017 20:21 UTC
File Format: xlsx, rtf
DOI: 10.7266/N73F4N1N
UDI: R5.x285.000:0002
File Size: 70.84 KB
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Modeling of active swimmer suspensions and their interactions with the environment

Authors: Nikhil Desai
Published On: Aug 16 2017 13:25 UTC
File Format: txt
DOI: 10.7266/N7HD7T4K
UDI: R5.x285.000:0003
File Size: 2.84 KB
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Dataset for: Hydrodynamics-mediated trapping of micro-swimmers near drops

Authors: Nikhil Desai, Vaseem A. Shaik, Arezoo M. Ardekani
Published On: Jan 24 2018 19:55 UTC
File Format: xlsx, txt
DOI: 10.7266/N71Z42VX
UDI: R5.x285.000:0004
File Size: 2.74 MB
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Dataset for: Point force singularities outside a drop covered with an incompressible surfactant: Image systems and their applications

Authors: Vaseem A. Shaik, Arezoo M. Ardekani
Published On: Jan 02 2018 21:07 UTC
File Format: dat, txt
DOI: 10.7266/N75M645B
UDI: R5.x285.000:0005
File Size: 18.56 KB
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Microscopy videos of microbial motility at high hydrostatic pressure

Authors: Kelli Mullane, Douglas Bartlett, Masayoshi Nishiyama
Published On: Jan 31 2020 15:57 UTC
File Format: avi, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/SBJYTWB6
UDI: R5.x285.000:0006
File Size: 156.17 GB
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Dataset for: Combined influence of hydrodynamics and chemotaxis in the distribution of microorganisms around spherical nutrient sources

Authors: Nikhil Desai, Arezoo Ardekani
Published On: Aug 06 2018 21:51 UTC
File Format: dat, txt
DOI: 10.7266/N7GQ6W92
UDI: R5.x285.000:0007
File Size: 3.69 MB
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Adhesion of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus to surfactant-decorated oil droplets

Authors: Jacinta C. Conrad, Narendra K. Dewangan
Published On: Aug 14 2018 20:29 UTC
File Format: avi, bmp, docx, tif, txt, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7CR5RZZ
UDI: R5.x285.000:0008
File Size: 9.9 GB
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Dataset for: Nutrient uptake by chemotactic microorganisms in presence of rising oil drops

Authors: Nikhil Desai, Sadegh Dabiri, Arezoo Ardekani
Published On: Jul 06 2018 16:41 UTC
File Format: dat, txt
DOI: 10.7266/N71G0JWT
UDI: R5.x285.000:0009
File Size: 15.11 GB
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Dataset for: Adhesion of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus to Surfactant-Decorated Dodecane Droplets

Authors: Jacinta C. Conrad, Narendra K. Dewangan
Published On: Dec 27 2018 23:51 UTC
File Format: tif, docx, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/n7-dhkx-yh57
UDI: R5.x285.000:0010
File Size: 422.46 MB
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Dataset for: Hydrodynamic interaction enhances colonization of sinking nutrient sources by motile microorganisms

Authors: Nikhil Desai, Vaseem A. Shaik, Dr. Arezoo M. Ardekani
Published On: Mar 25 2019 16:27 UTC
File Format: txt, mat
DOI: 10.7266/n7-1wdy-1e57
UDI: R5.x285.000:0011
File Size: 220.39 MB
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Dataset for: Chemotaxis in shear flow: Similarity solutions of the steady‐state chemoattractant and bacterial distributions

Authors: Suin Shim, Howard A. Stone and Roseanne M. Ford
Published On: Aug 02 2019 22:03 UTC
File Format: nb, m, xlsx, txt
DOI: 10.7266/n7-fjdm-2335
UDI: R5.x285.000:0012
File Size: 578.35 KB
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Dataset for: Rotating oil droplets driven by motile bacteria at interfaces

Authors: Narendra K. Dewangan and Jacinta C. Conrad
Published On: Jan 10 2020 20:15 UTC
File Format: avi, db, docx, tif, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/n7-k407-eb54
UDI: R5.x285.000:0013
File Size: 33.65 GB
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Dataset for: Bacterial motility enhances adhesion to oil droplets

Authors: Dewangan, Narendra K. and Jacinta C. Conrad
Published On: Aug 11 2020 21:50 UTC
DOI: 10.7266/4VJXD55E
UDI: R5.x285.000:0014
File Size: 9.18 GB
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Bacteria aggregation at various concentration of surfactants

Authors: Narendra K. Dewangan, Jacinta C. Conrad
Published On: Jun 18 2020 15:41 UTC
File Format: xlsx, jpg, tiff
DOI: 10.7266/VFHNWQJY
UDI: R5.x285.000:0015
File Size: 462.22 MB
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Effect of pressure and temperature on growth of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria

Authors: Kelli K. Mullane, Douglas H. Bartlett
Published On: Apr 21 2020 14:35 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/GJ2VJXTA
UDI: R5.x285.000:0016
File Size: 20.9 KB
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Dataset for: Hydrodynamic attraction of bacteria to gas and liquid interfaces

Authors: Adib Ahmadzadegan, Shiyan Wang, Pavlos P. Vlachos, Arezoo M. Ardekani
Published On: Jan 16 2020 21:55 UTC
File Format: dat, mat, txt
DOI: 10.7266/WGAQQWN8
UDI: R5.x285.000:0018
File Size: 3.61 GB
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Impacts of pressure on the activity of hydrocarbon degrading three strains of bacteria

Authors: Xu, Tianhan, Kelli K. Mullane, and Douglas H. Bartlett
Published On: Sep 14 2020 17:06 UTC
File Format: xlsx, fcs
DOI: 10.7266/GP2SFWZQ
UDI: R5.x285.000:0019
File Size: 1.22 GB
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Hexadecane degradation from bacteria strains Alcanivorax and Shewanella

Authors: Mullane, Kelli K., Douglas H. Bartlett, and Tianhan Xu
Published On: Sep 14 2020 20:26 UTC
File Format: xlsx, csv
DOI: 10.7266/FQBHQBEH
UDI: R5.x285.000:0020
File Size: 18.4 KB
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Dataset for "Biofilms at interfaces: microbial distribution in floating films"

Authors: Nikhil Desai, Arezoo M. Ardekani
Published On: Jul 02 2020 15:13 UTC
File Format: txt, mat
DOI: 10.7266/2A954ZGZ
UDI: R5.x285.000:0022
File Size: 2.29 MB
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Numerical investigation of collective motion of rod-shaped microorganisms in a viscoelastic fluid

Authors: Gaojin Li, Arezoo Ardekani
Published On: Aug 11 2017 21:03 UTC
File Format: dat, txt
DOI: 10.7266/N7K64G3D
UDI: R5.x285.287:0001
File Size: 7.51 GB

Arezoo Ardekani
Assistant Professor
Purdue University / School of Mechanical Engineering

ardekani@purdue.edu

Douglas Bartlett
Professor
University of California San Diego / Scripps Institution of Oceanography

dbartlett@ucsd.edu

Jacinta C. Conrad
Associate Professor
University of Houston / Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

jcconrad@uh.edu

Nikhil Desai
Graduate Student
Purdue University / School of Mechanical Engineering

desai63@purdue.edu

Narendra Dewangan
Graduate Student
University of Houston / Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

narendra7k7d@gmail.com

Roseanne M. Ford
Professor
University of Virginia / Department of Chemical Engineering

rmf3f@virginia.edu

Galjin Li

Purdue University / School of Mechanical Engineering

li1803@purdue.edu

Ryan Mclay

University of Houston / Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

rmclay@uh.edu

Kelli Mullane
Graduate Student
University of California San Diego / Scripps Institution of Oceanography

kmullane@ucsd.edu

Ahmadzadegan, A., Wang, S., Vlachos, P. P., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic attraction of bacteria to gas and liquid interfaces. Physical Review E, 100(6). doi:10.1103/physreve.100.062605

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Modeling of active swimmer suspensions and their interactions with the environment. Soft Matter, 13(36), 6033–6050. doi:10.1039/c7sm00766c

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Combined influence of hydrodynamics and chemotaxis in the distribution of microorganisms around spherical nutrient sources. Physical Review E, 98(1). doi:10.1103/physreve.98.012419

Desai, N., & Ardekani, A. M. (2020). Biofilms at interfaces: microbial distribution in floating films. Soft Matter, 16(7), 1731–1750. doi:10.1039/c9sm02038a

Desai, N., Dabiri, S., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Nutrient uptake by chemotactic microorganisms in presence of rising oil drops. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.06.016

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2018). Hydrodynamics-mediated trapping of micro-swimmers near drops. Soft Matter, 14(2), 264–278. doi:10.1039/c7sm01615h

Desai, N., Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2019). Hydrodynamic Interaction Enhances Colonization of Sinking Nutrient Sources by Motile Microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00289

Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2018). Adhesion of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus to Surfactant-Decorated Dodecane Droplets. Langmuir, 34(46), 14012–14021. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02071

Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2019). Rotating oil droplets driven by motile bacteria at interfaces. Soft Matter, 15(45), 9368–9375. doi:10.1039/c9sm01570a

Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2020). Bacterial Motility Enhances Adhesion to Oil Droplets. Soft Matter. doi:10.1039/d0sm00944j

Li, G., & Ardekani, A. M. (2016). Collective Motion of Microorganisms in a Viscoelastic Fluid. Physical Review Letters, 117(11). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.117.118001

McLay, R. B., Nguyen, H. N., Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., Dewangan, N. K., Alexandrova, S., Rodrigues, D. F., … Conrad, J. C. (2017). Level of Fimbriation Alters the Adhesion of Escherichia coli Bacteria to Interfaces. Langmuir, 34(3), 1133–1142. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02447

Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Motion of a model swimmer near a weakly deforming interface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 824, 42–73. doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.285

Shaik, V. A., & Ardekani, A. M. (2017). Point force singularities outside a drop covered with an incompressible surfactant: Image systems and their applications. Physical Review Fluids, 2(11). doi:10.1103/physrevfluids.2.113606

Shim, S., Stone, H. A., & Ford, R. M. (2019). Chemotaxis in shear flow: Similarity solutions of the steady‐state chemoattractant and bacterial distributions. AIChE Journal. doi:10.1002/aic.16713