Output details
12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Birmingham : B - Chemical Engineering
Article title
Determining the mechanical properties of yeast cell walls
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
Title of journal
Biotechnology Progress
Article number
-
Volume number
27
Issue number
2
First page of article
505
ISSN of journal
8756-7938
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
Compression testing by micromanipulation with associated mathematical modelling can be used to find mechanical properties of biological cell walls. This paper describes an important innovation in this technique, made by a student on a BBSRC studentship. Using very high compression speeds, time dependent effects such as water loss could be neglected. This allowed much more information to be extracted from compression data, specifically for yeast cells. Such information should be useful in designing yeast disruption equipment and in studying yeast cell wall physiology. The new technique will lead to improved research on the biomechanics of other microorganisms.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
B - Bioengineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
