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Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface
Microbial cells sense and respond to their environment using their surface constituents. Therefore, understanding the assembly and biophysical properties of cell surface molecules is an important research topic. With its ability to observe living microbial cells at nanometer resolution and to manipu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25053785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01363-14 |
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author | Dufrêne, Yves F. |
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description | Microbial cells sense and respond to their environment using their surface constituents. Therefore, understanding the assembly and biophysical properties of cell surface molecules is an important research topic. With its ability to observe living microbial cells at nanometer resolution and to manipulate single-cell surface molecules, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool in microbiology. Here, we survey major breakthroughs made in cell surface microbiology using AFM techniques, emphasizing the most recent structural and functional insights. |
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spelling | pubmed-41201972014-08-12 Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface Dufrêne, Yves F. mBio Minireview Microbial cells sense and respond to their environment using their surface constituents. Therefore, understanding the assembly and biophysical properties of cell surface molecules is an important research topic. With its ability to observe living microbial cells at nanometer resolution and to manipulate single-cell surface molecules, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool in microbiology. Here, we survey major breakthroughs made in cell surface microbiology using AFM techniques, emphasizing the most recent structural and functional insights. American Society of Microbiology 2014-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4120197/ /pubmed/25053785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01363-14 Text en Copyright © 2014 Dufrêne. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) , which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Minireview Dufrêne, Yves F. Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface |
title | Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface |
title_full | Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface |
title_fullStr | Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface |
title_full_unstemmed | Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface |
title_short | Atomic Force Microscopy in Microbiology: New Structural and Functional Insights into the Microbial Cell Surface |
title_sort | atomic force microscopy in microbiology: new structural and functional insights into the microbial cell surface |
topic | Minireview |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25053785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01363-14 |
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