Combined light microscopy and attenuated total reflection fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for integration of biofilm structure, distribution, and chemistry at solid-liquid interfaces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4600-4603

  Suci, P A ^a   Siedlecki, K J ^b   Palmer Jr , R J ^c   White, D C ^c,d   Geesey, G G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030657910     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4600-4603.1997     Document Type: Article

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