Layered Structure and Complex Mechanochemistry Underlie Strength and Versatility in a Bacterial Adhesive

Imaging modes of atomic force microscopy for application in molecular and cell biology

(2017) Yves F. Dufrêne et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Molecular interactions and inhibition of the staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein SdrC

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Fibrinogen Activates the Capture of Human Plasminogen by Staphylococcal Fibronectin-Binding Proteins

(2017) Philippe Herman-Bausier et al.   mBio

Force-Induced Strengthening of the Interaction between Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor B and Loricrin

(2017) Pauline Vitry et al.   mBio

Atomic force microscopy studies of bioprocess engineering surfaces - imaging, interactions and mechanical properties mediating bacterial adhesion

(2017) Sean A. James et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Evolutionary adaptations of biofilms infecting cystic fibrosis lungs promote mechanical toughness by adjusting polysaccharide production

(2017) Kristin Kovach et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Sticky Matrix: Adhesion Mechanism of the Staphylococcal Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin

(2016) Cécile Formosa-Dague et al.   ACS Nano

A Rhizobiales-Specific Unipolar Polysaccharide Adhesin Contributes to Rhodopseudomonas palustris Biofilm Formation across Diverse Photoheterotrophic Conditions

(2016) Ryan K. Fritts et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Short-Stalked Prosthecomicrobium hirschii Cells Have a Caulobacter-Like Cell Cycle

(2016) Michelle Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Amyloid Structures as Biofilm Matrix Scaffolds

(2016) Agustina Taglialegna et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Recent approaches in designing bioadhesive materials inspired by mussel adhesive protein

(2016) Pegah Kord Forooshani et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

AFM Study of Polymer Brush Grafted to Deformable Surfaces: Quantitative Properties of the Brush and Substrate Mechanics

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Scaling down for a broader understanding of underwater adhesives – a case for the Caulobacter crescentus holdfast

(2016) Alex Nyarko et al.   Soft Matter

AFM-based force spectroscopy for bioimaging and biosensing

(2016) Qing Li et al.   RSC Advances

Optical and force nanoscopy in microbiology

(2016) Jie Xiao et al.   Nature Microbiology

Binding Forces of Streptococcus mutans P1 Adhesin

(2015) Ruby May A. Sullan et al.   ACS Nano

Investigating cell mechanics with atomic force microscopy

(2015) K. Haase et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Quantitative nanoscale electrostatics of viruses

(2015) M. Hernando-Pérez et al.   Nanoscale

Atomic force microscopy in biomaterials surface science

(2015) Fabio Variola   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Interpreting atomic force microscopy nanoindentation of hierarchical biological materials using multi-regime analysis

(2015) M. R. Bonilla et al.   Soft Matter

Sticky microbes: forces in microbial cell adhesion

(2015) Yves F. Dufrêne   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Protein A Mediates Cell-Cell Adhesion through Low-Affinity Homophilic Bonds

(2015) Philippe Herman-Bausier et al.   mBio

Single-Molecule Analysis of Pseudomonas fluorescens Footprints

(2014) Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel et al.   ACS Nano

Gecko Adhesion as a Model System for Integrative Biology, Interdisciplinary Science, and Bioinspired Engineering

(2014) Kellar Autumn et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Mussel-Mimetic Protein-Based Adhesive Hydrogel

(2014) Bum Jin Kim et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

If Cell Mechanics Can Be Described by Elastic Modulus: Study of Different Models and Probes Used in Indentation Experiments

(2014) Nataliia Guz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Staying sticky: contact self-cleaning of gecko-inspired adhesives

(2014) Y. Menguc et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Quantifying the forces guiding microbial cell adhesion using single-cell force spectroscopy

(2014) Audrey Beaussart et al.   Nature Protocols

Hertz beyond belief

(2014) Andong He et al.   Soft Matter

Single-Cell and Single-Molecule Analysis Deciphers the Localization, Adhesion, and Mechanics of the Biofilm Adhesin LapA

(2013) Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Holdfast spreading and thickening during Caulobacter crescentus attachment to surfaces

(2013) Guanglai Li et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Physiochemical Properties of Caulobacter crescentus Holdfast: A Localized Bacterial Adhesive

(2013) Cécile Berne et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Method for quantitative measurements of the elastic modulus of biological cells in AFM indentation experiments

(2013) Igor Sokolov et al.   METHODS

Mapping in vitro local material properties of intact and disrupted virions at high resolution using multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy

(2013) Alexander Cartagena et al.   Nanoscale

In Situ Probing of Newly Synthesized Peptidoglycan in Live Bacteria with FluorescentD-Amino Acids

(2012) Erkin Kuru et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stretching single polysaccharides and proteins using atomic force microscopy

(2012) Piotr E. Marszalek et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Nanomechanical properties of single amyloid fibrils

(2012) K K M Sweers et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Atomic force and super-resolution microscopy support a role for LapA as a cell-surface biofilm adhesin of Pseudomonas fluorescens

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Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

(2011) Bruce P. Lee et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Relating the Physical Properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharides to Virulence by Atomic Force Microscopy

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A bacterial extracellular DNA inhibits settling of motile progeny cells within a biofilm

(2010) Cécile Berne et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A localized multimeric anchor attaches the Caulobacter holdfast to the cell pole

(2010) Gail G. Hardy et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Absolute Quantitation of Bacterial Biofilm Adhesion and Viscoelasticity by Microbead Force Spectroscopy

(2009) Peter C.Y. Lau et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

In Situ Characterization of Differences in the Viscoelastic Response of Individual Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacterial Cells

(2009) V. Vadillo-Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Atomic force microscopy study of the role of LPS O-antigen on adhesion ofE. coli

(2009) Joshua Strauss et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

Atomic force microscopy detects differences in the surface brush of normal and cancerous cells

(2009) S. Iyer et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Active Biological Materials

(2008) Daniel A. Fletcher et al.   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Characterization of the Caulobacter crescentus Holdfast Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Pathway Reveals Significant Redundancy in the Initiating Glycosyltransferase and Polymerase Steps

(2008) E. Toh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Surface Viscoelasticity of Individual Gram-Negative Bacterial Cells Measured Using Atomic Force Microscopy

(2008) V. Vadillo-Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Single-cell force spectroscopy

(2008) J. Helenius et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE