Bacterial colony biofilm

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Scott Chimileski

Sun, 2018-09-30 13:22

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General Information

Model ID

3DPX-009764

Category

Bacteria, Cell, Tissue, Organism

Keyword(s)

Bacteria, colony, biofilm, multicellular, Bacillus, microbe, microbial

This model was created from a 3D scan of a living bacterial colony biofilm.

Winner of a 2017 FASEB BioArt award and displayed in stainless steel at the World in a Drop exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

The species is Bacillus licheniformis, grown on biofilm inducing medium.

The real-size diameter of the colony is 17 mm.

More information at:

- http://www.faseb.org/Resources-for-the-Public/Scientific-Contests/BioArt...

- https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2018/09/27/a-microbial-work-of-art/

- https://www.scottchimileskiphotography.com/

- https://hmnh.harvard.edu/world-drop-photographic-explorations-microbial-...

Credit: Scott Chimileski, Nick Lyons and Roberto Kolter, Harvard Medical School

This model has been shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License.

FOR PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.

*NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE OR RESALE*

*NOT FOR MODIFICATION or use in public exhibitions* without written consent from Scott Chimileski.

Resolution Units

Millimeters (mm)

Model Origin

optical 3D scan

Model Details

Associated Species

Bacillus licheniformis

Hospital or Insitutional Affiliation

Harvard Medical School

How to Make

Recommended 3D Printer(s)

Thermoplastic extrusion, single extruder

Recommended Printing Material

plastic, sandstone, other

Pre- and Postprocessing Instructions

The authors have successfully printed in several materials at many sizes.

Tested materials include plastics, sandstone and stainless steel as seen at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

This file is currently set to an approximate print size of 5 times real-size, or 85 mm max diameter. This is the recommended minimum print size.

Attribution

Attribution Instructions

When used in educational presentations etc., please cite as:

Scott Chimileski, Nick Lyons and Roberto Kolter, Harvard Medical School

This model has been shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License. See details of the license here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

FOR PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.

*NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE*

*NOT FOR RESALE*

*NOT FOR MODIFICATION or use in public exhibitions* without written consent from Scott Chimileski.

Please contact chimileski@hms.harvard.edu for questions.

STL/VRML Files

Bacillus _licheniformis_colony_SC_RK.stl

Bacterial colony biofilm.zip

X3D Files

Bacillus _licheniformis_colony_SC_RK.x3d

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