Two Photon Intravital Microscopy of Lyme Borrelia in Mice
Belperron AA, Mao J, Bockenstedt LK. Two Photon Intravital Microscopy of Lyme Borrelia in Mice. Methods In Molecular Biology 2017, 1690: 279-290. PMID: 29032551, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7383-5_20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVancomycin Reduces Cell Wall Stiffness and Slows Swim Speed of the Lyme Disease Bacterium
Harman MW, Hamby AE, Boltyanskiy R, Belperron AA, Bockenstedt LK, Kress H, Dufresne ER, Wolgemuth CW. Vancomycin Reduces Cell Wall Stiffness and Slows Swim Speed of the Lyme Disease Bacterium. Biophysical Journal 2017, 112: 746-754. PMID: 28256234, PMCID: PMC5340155, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell wall stiffnessCell wallCell stiffnessCell speedLyme disease bacteriumSpirochete survivalPeriplasmic volumeCell shapeFlat wave shapeSwim speedTick hostsCell growthCell morphologyDisease bacteriumVolume regulationHost tissuesTestable hypothesesPrevious mathematical modelingBleb formationSublethal dosesMotilityBiophysical modelSwimming speedBorrelia burgdorferiSlower swim speed