Surface adhesion of the pathogens Leishmania mexicana and Streptococcus pneumoniae
In this work, two pathogenic microorganisms, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Leishmania parasites, are studied using AFM force spectroscopy with chemically modified tips in order to characterize their adhesive properties. In the work on S. pneumoniae, neutral hydrophobic and negatively-charged hydrophi...
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University of Sheffield
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.667479 |