Surface characteristics of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria in an atomic force microscope image

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Umeda, Akiko ^a   Saito, Mitsumasa ^a   Amako, Kazunobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM (atomic force microscope); Bacterial surface structure; Gram staining; Probe microscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; GRAM STAINING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031924044     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02266.x     Document Type: Article

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