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FluidFM as a tool to study adhesion forces of bacteria - Optimization of parameters and comparison to conventional bacterial probe Scanning Force Spectroscopy

  • The FluidFM enables the immobilization of single cells on a hollow cantilever using relative underpressure. In this study, we systematically optimize versatile measurement parameters (setpoint, z-speed, z-length, pause time, and relative underpressure) to improve the quality of force-distance curves recorded with a FluidFM. Using single bacterial cells (here the gram negative seawater bacterium Paracoccus seriniphilus and the gram positive bacterium Lactococcus lactis), we show that Single Cell Force Spectroscopy experiments with the FluidFM lead to comparable results to a conventional Single Cell Force Spectroscopy approach using polydopamine for chemical fixation of a bacterial cell on a tipless cantilever. Even for the bacterium Lactococcus lactis, which is difficult to immobilze chemically (like seen in an earlier study), immobilization and the measurement of force-distance curves are possible by using the FluidFM technology.

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Author:Linda Hofherr, Christine Müller-Renno, Christiane Ziegler
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-60753
ISSN:1932-6203
Parent Title (English):Plos One
Publisher:PLOS
Document Type:Article
Language of publication:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/07/06
Year of first Publication:2020
Publishing Institution:Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Date of the Publication (Server):2020/09/09
Issue:15 (7)
Page Number:15
Source:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227395
Faculties / Organisational entities:Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Physik
DDC-Cassification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 530 Physik
Collections:Open-Access-Publikationsfonds
Licence (German):Zweitveröffentlichung