X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of whole cells and isolated cell walls of gram-positive bacteria: Comparison with biochemical analysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1023-1028

  Dufrêne, Yves F ^a   Van der Wal, Albert ^b   Norde, Willem ^b   Rouxhet, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031046310     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1023-1028.1997     Document Type: Article

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