Use of soft X-ray microscopy for analysis of early-stage biofilm formation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 269-272

  Gilbert, E S ^a   Khlebnikov, A ^a   Meyer Ilse, W ^b   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm structure; Colonization; Imaging; Microscopy; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONOLAYERS; MULTILAYERS; SILICON NITRIDE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

BACTERIAL SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; COLONIZATION; INTERLOCKING STRUCTURE; SILICON NITRIDE SUBSTRATUM; SOFT X RAY MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS;

SILICON;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033027739     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00177-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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