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SUBMITTER: Karampatzakis A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5591272 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karampatzakis A A Song C Z CZ Allsopp L P LP Filloux A A Rice S A SA Cohen Y Y Wohland T T Török P P
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 20170908
Biofilms are organised aggregates of bacteria that adhere to each other or surfaces. The matrix of extracellular polymeric substances that holds the cells together provides the mechanical stability of the biofilm. In this study, we have applied Brillouin microscopy, a technique that is capable of measuring mechanical properties of specimens on a micrometre scale based on the shift in frequency of light incident upon a sample due to thermal fluctuations, to investigate the micromechanical propert ...[more]