%0 Journal Article %A Sanchis, A. %A Sancho Ruíz, Miguel %A Martínez López, Genoveva %A Sebastián Franco, José Luis %A Muñoz San Martín, Sagrario %A Miranda Pantoja, José Miguel %T Dielectric characterization of bacterial cells using dielectrophoresis %D 2007 %@ 0197-8462 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50910 %X Measurements of dielectrophoretic collection spectra of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus suspensions are used for obtaining dielectric characteristics of both types of bacteria. The experiments are interpreted using a numerical method that models the cells as compartmented spherical or rod-like particles. We show the usefulness of this simple method to extract significant information about the electrical properties of Gram-negative and -positive bacteria. %~