title: The Use of Cell Elastography to Study the Biomechanical Properties of Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: The cytometric, elastic, and adhesion properties of Bacillus subtilis at different terms of culturing were studied. The cytometric parameters of bacterial cells increased by day 6 in culture and decreased at later terms. Analysis of membrane rigidity showed that parameters describing bacterial elastic properties underwent waveform changes: the decrease in bacterial elasticity (from day 1 to 6) was followed by its increase on day 12 in culture. Analysis of adhesion activity showed that this parameter increased during the first 6 days and than decreased at later stages culturing.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Clinical Pharmacology with Course of Microbiology, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia.
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Potaturkina-Nesterova
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Clinical Pharmacology with Course of Microbiology, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia. artamonovamn2013@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Artamonova
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D004548:Elasticity; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force
keywords: adhesion; atomic force microscopy; cell elastography; cytometry; membrane elasticity