Atomic force microscopy: Application to investigation of Escherichia coli morphology before and after exposure to cefodizime

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-22

  Braga, Pier Carlo ^a,c   Ricci, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Address: Centro di Farmacologia Respiratoria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFODIZIME;

ACCURACY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031983252     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.1.18     Document Type: Article

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