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Cell Adhesion, Elasticity, and Rupture Forces Guide Microbial Cell Death on Nanostructured Antimicrobial Titanium Surfaces

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Candida-Bacteria Interactions: Their Impact on Human Disease

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Fungal–Bacterial Interactions: In Health and Disease

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Using Knock-Out Mutants to Investigate the Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to Abiotic Surfaces

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Direct measurement of interaction forces between a yeast cell and a microbubble using atomic force microscopy

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5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde impairs Candida albicans - Staphylococcus epidermidis interaction in co-culture by suppressing crucial supportive virulence traits

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Surface Coatings Modulate the Differences in the Adhesion Forces of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells as Detected by Single Cell Force Microscopy

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Imaging Living Yeast Cells and Quantifying Their Biophysical Properties by Atomic Force Microscopy

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Synergistic Effects of Fluconazole Combined with Doxycycline Against Dual-Species Cultures of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus epidermidis and the Mechanisms of Action

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Single‐Cell Force Spectroscopy Uncovers Root Zone‐ and Bacteria‐Specific Interactions

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Decoding the pathogenesis of Candida albicans infection and evaluating the efficacy of antifungal drugs using atomic force microscopy

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Clinical Implications of Interkingdom Fungal and Bacterial Biofilms

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How force drives pathogenicity: mechanoregulation of Streptococcus mutans adhesion to collagen

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