The adhesion capability ofStaphylococcus aureuscells is heterogeneously distributed over the cell envelope

• DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01045g
• Publication Date: 2023-10-16T08:43:08Z
• Authors: Christian Spengler; Erik Maikranz; Bernhard Glatz; Michael Andreas K...; Hannah Heintz; Markus Bischoff; Ludger Santen; Andreas Fery; Karin Jacobs
• Keywords: Cell envelope; Force Spectroscopy; Envelope (radar)

By experiments and simulations on structured surfaces, we show that S. aureus cells have adhesive patches are heterogeneously distributed across the cell envelope.