Mechanobiology of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli and Listeria innocua.

A majority of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in the United States are associated with biofilms. Nanoscale biophysical measures are increasingly revealing that adhesive and viscoelastic properties of bacteria play essential roles across multiple stages of biofilm development. Atomic Force...

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Main Authors: Mehrdad Tajkarimi, Scott H Harrison, Albert M Hung, Joseph L Graves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4767320?pdf=render