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Nanoscale Probing the Kinetics of Oriented Bacterial Cell Growth Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Author(s) -
Chen Peipei,
Xu Luping,
Liu Jing,
Hol Felix J. H.,
Keymer Juan E.,
Taddei François,
Han Dong,
Lindner Ariel B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201303724
Subject(s) - nanoscopic scale , atomic force microscopy , kinetics , nanotechnology , materials science , nanometre , microscopy , bacterial cell structure , bacteria , optics , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , genetics
Probing oriented bacterial cell growth on the nanoscale: A novel open‐top micro‐channel is developed to facilitate the AFM imaging of physically trapped but freely growing bacteria. The growth curves of individual Escherichia coli cells with nanometer resolution and their kinetic nano‐mechanical properties are quantitatively measured.