A comparison of three staining methods in estimation of structures on the cell wall surface of acinetobacter junii by using electron microscope

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 233-239

  Grzanka, Alina ^a,b   Gospodarek, Eugenia ^a   Domaniewski, Jan ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COLORING AGENT; LEAD; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RUTHENIUM RED; URANYL ACETATE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACINETOBACTER; CELL WALL; CITRATES; COLORING AGENTS; GROIN; HUMANS; LEAD; NASAL CAVITY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM RED; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030323126     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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