Mechanical morphotype switching as an adaptive response in mycobacteria
H. A. Eskandarian, Y.-X. Chen, C. Toniolo, J. M. Belardinelli, Z. Palcekova, P. D. Ashby, G. E. Fantner, M. Jackson, J. D. McKinney, B. Javid
The paper shows mycobacteria change their cell surface stiffness to survive macrophage stress, using mechanical morphotype switching as an adaptive strategy.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2022Microbiology