title: Weibull analyses of bacterial interaction forces measured using AFM.
abstract: Statistically significant conclusions from interaction forces obtained by AFM are difficult to draw because of large data spreads. Weibull analysis, common in macroscopic bond-strength analyses, takes advantage of this spread to derive a Weibull distribution, yielding the probability of occurrence of a force value and the dependability of the data set. Here we propose Weibull distribution as a new way to present nanoscopic bacterial interaction forces obtained using AFM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henny C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: van der Mei
authors.forename: Joop
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Henk J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Busscher
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology