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Introducing Shear Stress in the Study of Bacterial Adhesion
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During the infection process, a key step is the adhesion of pathogens with host cells. In most instances this adhesion step occurs in the presence of mechanical stress generated by flowing liquid. We describe a technique that introduces shear stress as an important parameter in the study of bacterial adhesion.
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Soyer, M., Duménil, G. Introducing Shear Stress in the Study of Bacterial Adhesion. J. Vis. Exp. (55), e3241, doi:10.3791/3241 (2011).
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