Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pillet F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4735277 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pillet Flavien F Formosa-Dague Cécile C Baaziz Houda H Dague Etienne E Rols Marie-Pierre MP
Scientific reports 20160201
The integrity and morphology of bacteria is sustained by the cell wall, the target of the main microbial inactivation processes. One promising approach to inactivation is based on the use of pulsed electric fields (PEF). The current dogma is that irreversible cell membrane electro-permeabilisation causes the death of the bacteria. However, the actual effect on the cell-wall architecture has been poorly explored. Here we combine atomic force microscopy and electron microscopy to study the cell-wa ...[more]