Theory of large-bead AFM compression of pressurized rod-shaped bacteria
Motivated by our atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiments measuring turgor pressure in living bacteria, we develop a theoretical description of pressurized spherocylindrical cells compressed by spherical probes whose radius greatly exceeds the cell radius. In this global-loading regime, the mechanical response is governed primarily by cell geometry and turgor pressure, while the elastic…
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