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Typical curves of force versus vertical piezo displacement (a_) and force versus indentation (b_) for Nostoc bacterium (_1), slime (_2), ECM (_3) and for R. wratislaviensis bacterium (_4), slime (_5) are plotted. Solid lines in figures (b_) are the best fits by applying Hertz model (see main text for details).
