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The multifaceted role of atomic force microscopy in bacteriology

Carolina Borrelli1, Edward J A Douglas2, Andrew M Edwards2

  • 1Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AY, UK; Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AY, UK; London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, UK; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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Keywords:
antimicrobialsatomic force microscopybacterial cell envelopebacteriologyforce spectroscopylive imaging

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