Spatial dependence of stress distribution for rod-shaped bacteria.
The stress distribution in the cylindrical portion of the cell envelope of a rod-shaped bacterial cell was compared with that at its polar ends. Using a symmetry argument it is shown that the critical internal pressure for the initiation of yielding of the envelope material has a non-uniform distribution and is significantly higher for the polar regions.
Chatterjee
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Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Dasgupta
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Chatterjee
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D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology*; D002473:Cell Wall; D008954:Models, Biological; D013314:Stress, Mechanical