title: Spatial dependence of stress distribution for rod-shaped bacteria.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology*; D002473:Cell Wall; D008954:Models, Biological; D013314:Stress, Mechanical