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From: With respect to coefficient of linear thermal expansion, bacterial vegetative cells and spores resemble plastics and metals, respectively

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Changes in the distortion of a cell as a result of expansion due to heating. (A) Patterns of heat expansion of cells. Continuous line, E. coli vegetative cells; long dashed dotted line, B. subtilis vegetative cells; dotted line, B. subtilis spores. (B) Patterns of heat expansion of plastics. Continuous line, PL; long dashed dotted line, PE; dotted line, PET; dashed line: nylon.

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Journal of Nanobiotechnology

ISSN: 1477-3155

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