Humidity-Dependent Bacterial Cells Functional Morphometry Investigations Using Atomic Force Microscope

The effect of a relative humidity (RH) in a range of 93–65% on morphological and elastic properties of Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli cells was evaluated using atomic force microscopy. It is shown that gradual dehumidification of bacteria environment has no significant effect on cell dimension...

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Main Authors: Hike Nikiyan, Alexey Vasilchenko, Dmitry Deryabin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/704170