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Theory of large-bead AFM compression of pressurized rod-shaped bacteria
Octavio Eduardo Albarran Arriagada, Renata Cecilia Garces Perez, Giacomo Po…·Jeff D. Eldredge
The paper develops a theoretical framework to determine bacterial turgor pressure from AFM measurements by accounting for cell geometry and probe dimensions.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.10.765745