Paraformaldehyde effect on ruthenium red and lysine preservation and staining of the staphylococcal glycocalyx

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 422-427

  Fassel, Theresa A ^a   Mozdziak, Paul E ^b   Sanger, James R ^c   Edmiston, Charles E ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MCW Clinic at Froedtert   (United States)

Author keywords

gelling artifact; glutaraldehyde; glycocalyx; lysine; paraformaldehyde; polysaccharide; ruthenium red; staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; RUTHENIUM;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FIXATION TIME; GELLING ARTIFACT; GLUTARALDEHYDES; GLYCOCALYX; LYSINE; PARAFORMALDEHYDES; RUTHENIUM RED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030945088     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970301)36:5<422::AID-JEMT12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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