Cationized ferritin as a stain for electron microscopic observation of bacterial ultrastructure

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 278-288

  Anderson, Kevin L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial morphology; Bacterial stains; Bacterial ultrastructure; Cationized ferritin; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VITRONECTIN;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031770692     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299809141121     Document Type: Review

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