Polarized light scattering for rapid observation of bacterial size changes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 500-506

  Van De Merwe, Willem P ^a,c   Li, Zhao Zhang ^a   Bronk, Burt V ^b   Czégé, József ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI B;

EID: 0030907512     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78088-3     Document Type: Article

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