Fig 1.
Schematic diagram of imaging beam line, showing beam propagation path and configuration of various components.
Fig 2.
Temporal growth pattern of struvite crystals grown in artificial urine infected with bacteria (2–48 h).
Arrowhead shows crystals and arrow shows bacteria.
Fig 3.
(a) SR-μCT 3-D images showing the early stage of struvite crystallization (b, c) schematic representation of struvite morphology from artificial urine in the presence of urease positive bacteria.
Fig 4.
SR-μCT 3-D images showing the morphological evolution process of struvite in the presence of bacteria.
Fig 5.
Representative FESEM micrographs of struvite crystals grown in artificial urine revealing the porous structure and mesoscopic arrangement (a) control (b) in presence of bacteria.
Fig 6.
Aggregates of bacteria in the patients derived struvite crystals resembling biofilm architecture.
Fig 7.
Representative XRD patterns of the of the grown struvite crystal (a) control (b) in the presence of P. aeruginosa and (c) in the presence of E. cloacae.