Seeing the unseen: High-resolution AFM imaging captures antibiotic action in bacterial membranes

Telmo O. Paiva, Albertus Viljoen and Yves F. Dufrêne ()
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Telmo O. Paiva: UCLouvain, Croix du Sud
Albertus Viljoen: UCLouvain, Croix du Sud
Yves F. Dufrêne: UCLouvain, Croix du Sud

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-3

Abstract: Advances in atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques and methodologies for microbiology contribute to our understanding of the microbial cell surface. Recent studies show that AFM imaging of cells and membranes at (near) molecular resolution allows detailed visualization of membranes interacting with drugs.

Date: 2022
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