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

@article{A.Boulbitch.2000, abstract = {A theoretical approach for the description of the deformation of the envelope of a spherical Gram-negative bacteria is presented. It is shown that the force-displacement relation taken on top of bacteria is accurately approximated by a linear dependence. The bacterial rigidity is shown to be controlled mainly by its turgor pressure, while the lateral rigidity of the bacterial wall determines the distance from the tip at which the displacement vanishes.}, author = {Boulbitch, Alexei}, citeulike-article-id = {6081064}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://jmicro.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/3/459.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jmicro.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/3/459.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11108035}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11108035}, day = {1}, journal = {J Electron Microsc (Tokyo)}, keywords = {afm, atomic\_force\_microscopy, boulbitch, deformation, indentation, theoretical, turgor\_pressure}, month = {January}, number = {3}, pages = {459--462}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 15:27:08}, priority = {2}, title = {Deformation of the envelope of a spherical Gram-negative bacterium during the atomic force microscopic measurements}, url = {http://jmicro.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/3/459.abstract}, volume = {49}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - A.Boulbitch.2000 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081064 N2 - A theoretical approach for the description of the deformation of the envelope of a spherical Gram-negative bacteria is presented. It is shown that the force-displacement relation taken on top of bacteria is accurately approximated by a linear dependence. The bacterial rigidity is shown to be controlled mainly by its turgor pressure, while the lateral rigidity of the bacterial wall determines the distance from the tip at which the displacement vanishes. IS - 3 JF - J Electron Microsc (Tokyo) EP - 462 TI - Deformation of the envelope of a spherical Gram-negative bacterium during the atomic force microscopic measurements VL - 49 SP - 459 KW - afm KW - atomic_force_microscopy KW - boulbitch KW - deformation KW - indentation KW - theoretical KW - turgor_pressure AU - Boulbitch, Alexei PY - 2000/01/01/ UR - http://jmicro.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/3/459.abstract ER -