AFM Force Mapping Elucidates Pilus Deployment and Key Lifestyle-Dependent Surface Properties in .

is known for predation of a wide variety of Gram-negative bacteria, making it of interest as an alternative or supplement to chemical antibiotics. However, a fraction of follows a nonpredatory, "host-independent" (HI) life cycle. In this study, live predatory and HI were captured on a surface and examined, in buffer, by collecting force maps using atomic force microscopy (AFM).