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Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Single Microbial Cells

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High Resolution Microbial Single Cell Analytics

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Abbreviations

AFM:

Atomic force microscopy

ESEM:

Environmental scanning electron microscope

FEA:

Finite element analysis

RT-PCR:

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

TEM:

Transmission electron microscope

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the work of many colleagues, particularly Mr. C. Cowen of Micro Instruments (Oxford) Ltd. for equipment development and Professor A. Middelberg, Dr. A.E. Smith and Dr. P. Hartley for developments in modelling. Dr. C. Shiu is thanked for the photograph in Fig. 7. The authors also acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and others.

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    Present address: Center for Bioprocess Engineering Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa

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    Colin R. Thomas, John D. Stenson & Zhibing Zhang

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Thomas, C.R., Stenson, J.D., Zhang, Z. (2010). Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Single Microbial Cells. In: Müller, S., Bley, T. (eds) High Resolution Microbial Single Cell Analytics. Advances in Biochemical Engineering / Biotechnology, vol 124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2010_84

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