Mechanical Testing Data for Cyanobacterial Colonies with Microscopy and Force Measurements

Experimental data and analysis scripts from Y.Z. Sinzato's manuscript 'On Linear and Non-Linear Mechanics of Cyanobacterial Colonies', submitted in 2026. The 159.7 GB repository contains three datasets: bulk shear rheology, micropipette force sensing, and EPS staining images. Files include CSV data from rheometers, processed force measurements, and TIF microscopy image stacks.

Use Cases

• Modeling colony viscoelasticity based on large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) rheology data.
• Quantifying single-colony adhesion and deformation forces using micropipette sensing trajectories.
• Analyzing extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) distribution within colonies from confocal microscopy images.

Strengths

• Dataset size is 159.7 GB, indicating substantial raw and processed experimental data.
• Includes complementary data types: quantitative CSV files and high-resolution TIF microscopy images.
• Provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for open reuse.
• Accompanied by Jupyter notebooks for data analysis and reproducibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

figshare, associated with a manuscript by author Y.Z. Sinzato.

Collection Method

Laboratory experiments including confocal microscopy, shear rheometry, and micropipette force sensing.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 11:16:15.

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