The adhesion capability of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> cells is heterogeneously distributed over the cell envelope-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The adhesion capability of Staphylococcus aureus cells is heterogeneously distributed over the cell envelope

Published:2024 Issue:3 Volume:20 Page:484-494
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Spengler Christian¹^ORCID,Maikranz Erik²^ORCID,Glatz Bernhard³,Klatt Michael Andreas¹⁴^ORCID,Heintz Hannah¹^ORCID,Bischoff Markus⁵^ORCID,Santen Ludger²,Fery Andreas³⁶^ORCID,Jacobs Karin¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Experimental Physics, Saarland University, Center for Biophysics, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

2. Theoretical Physics, Saarland University, Center for Biophysics, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

3. Institute of Physical Chemistry and Physics of Polymers, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, 01069 Dresden, Germany

4. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-0001, USA

5. Insitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Center for Biophysics, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany

6. Physical Chemistry of Polymer Materials, Technical University Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany

Abstract

By experiments and simulations on structured surfaces, we show that S. aureus cells have adhesive patches that are heterogeneously distributed across the cell envelope.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Volkswagen Foundation

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/SM/D3SM01045G

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