title: A correlation for the effective strength of Escherichia coli during homogenization.
abstract: A new model for high-pressure homogenization has been previously developed. A key model parameter, the mean effective cell strength, can be correlated with average cell length and peptidoglycan cross-linkage. In this article, we develop a correlation for mean effective strength based on a statistical thermodynamic approach to fracture. The final correlation provides an unbiased estimate. While it offers no numerical advantage over a previous empirical correlation, it is based on a modeling approach and an understanding of wall structure. The variable groups are therefore justifiable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Middelberg
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: O'Neill
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008433:Mathematics; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry; D011312:Pressure; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D010457:Peptidoglycan