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Adhesion of E. coli bacteria is force-modulated due to fimbriae-mediated surface repulsion and multivalent binding irrespective of surface specificity
Anders Lundgren, Peter D. J. van Oostrum, Jagoba J. Iturri…·Erik Reimhult
The paper shows that E. coli adhesion to surfaces is modulated by flow forces through fimbriae-mediated repulsion and multivalent binding, independent of surface specificity.
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