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SUBMITTER: Thewes N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168904 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thewes Nicolas N Loskill Peter P Jung Philipp P Peisker Henrik H Bischoff Markus M Herrmann Mathias M Jacobs Karin K
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 20140910
Unspecific adhesion of bacteria is usually the first step in the formation of biofilms on abiotic surfaces, yet it is unclear up to now which forces are governing this process. Alongside long-ranged van der Waals and electrostatic forces, short-ranged hydrophobic interaction plays an important role. To characterize the forces involved during approach and retraction of an individual bacterium to and from a surface, single cell force spectroscopy is applied: A single cell of the apathogenic specie ...[more]