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. 2015 May 21;5:10464. doi: 10.1038/srep10464

Figure 3.

Figure 3

a) Structure of the E. coli bacterial cell envelope showing the outer membrane, the peptidoglycan, and the inner plasma cell membrane. b) Distortion of the E. coli cell wall with a AFM tip indenting inward. c) Distribution of the Young’s modulus of the E. coli DH5α grown on CA-coated and uncoated PDMS surfaces. d) Distribution of the bacterial spring constant K of the E. coli DH5α growing on CA-coated and uncoated PDMS surfaces.