Bending stiffness of Candida albicans hyphae as a proxy of cell wall properties

• DOI: 10.1039/d2lc00219a
• Publication Date: 2022-09-12T12:52:29Z
• Authors: Elodie Couttenier; Sophie Bachellier...; Christophe d'Enfert; Catherine Villard
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 570; beta-Glucans; [QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin]; [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering; Hyphae; Fungal Proteins; Chemistry; 03 medical and health sciences; Cell Wall; Stress, Physiological; Candida albicans; Humans

Hydrodynamic forces applied in a microfluidic device on hyphae of C. albicans allow to measure their bending stiffness in a control situation as well as under various pharmacological, mechanical and genetical perturbations.