Viscoelasticity and Noise Properties Reveal the Formation of Biomemory in Cells

spores. We found that spores in the approaching phase present a viscoelastic behavior with the corresponding scaling exponent in the range 0.25-0.52 and in the retracting phase present a liquid-like behavior with exponents in the range 0.67-0.85. This substantial difference of the scaling exponents in the two phases suggests the formation of biomemory as a response of the spores to the indenting AFM mechanical stimulus. The retracting phase may be described as a process driven by bluish noises, while the approaching one is driven by persistent noise.