Mathematical modelling of the antibiotic-induced morphological transition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Growth curves of the PA1008 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with multiple concentrations of meropenem. Data set 1 is used to parametrise the model in our project. This consists of three biological replicates, each with three technical repeats. The meropenem concentrations used for this data set were: 0, 2, 4, 10, 20, 40, 200 ug/ml.

Growth curves of the PA1008 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with multiple concentrations of meropenem. Data set 1 is used to parametrise the model in our project. This consists of three biological replicates, each with three technical repeats. The meropenem concentrations used for this data set were: 0, 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 ug/ml.

This mechanistic ODE model describes the growth dynamics of P. aeruginosa, including an antibiotic-induced morphological transition to a fragile spherical form.