Bacterial surface appendages strongly impact nanomechanical and electrokinetic properties of escherichia coli cells subjected to osmotic stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Francius, Grégory ^a   Polyakov, Pavel ^a   Merlin, Jenny ^b   Abe, Yumiko ^a   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^c,d   Merlin, Christophe ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^c,d   Duval, Jérôme F L ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

^b Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURGOR PRESSURE; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOMECHANICS; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OSMOSIS;

EID: 79957872824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020066     Document Type: Article

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