Physical basis for the adaptive flexibility of Bacillus spore coats

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 76, 2012, Pages 3156-3160

  Sahin, Ozgur ^a   Yong, Ee Hou ^b   Driks, Adam ^c   Mahadevan, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial spores; Coat; Folding; Mechanical instability; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL SPORE; COAT; FOLDING; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; WRINKLES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867459031     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0470     Document Type: Article

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