Deformation of the envelope of a spherical gram-negative bacterium during the atomic force microscopic measurements

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 459-462

  Boulbitch, Alexei ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Bacteria; Envelope; Mechanical; Turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

CELL MEMBRANES; RIGIDITY;

AFM; ATOMIC FORCE; ENVELOPE; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT RELATIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MECHANICAL; MICROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TURGOR PRESSURE;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0033858483     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023829     Document Type: Article

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