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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Feb 11;79(2 Pt 1):021910. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021910

TABLE II.

Natural frequencies Ω2, qualities of the quadrupole vibrations Q2, maximal area deformation ΔS/Smax (n = 2), and the correspondent frequency fmax calculated for different types of bacteria.

Cell type a (µm) Ω2/2π
(MHz)
Q2 fmax (MHz) ΔS/Smax Ro/a
E. coli 0.5 4.58 0.8 4.91 0.17 1.94
B. emersonii 10 2.24 15.8 2.17 0.01 0.19
B. yeast
(AFM)
4.5 0.16 1.2 0.14 0.24 5.2
B. yeast
(micromanipulation)
4.5 2.06 6.6 1.98 0.05 0.37