Quantitative analysis of the elemental composition and the mass of bacterial polyphosphate bodies using STEM EDX

Microbios

Volumn 106, Issue 415, 2001, Pages 177-188

  Goldberg, Jacob ^a   Gonzalez, Hugo ^a   Jensen, Thomas E ^a   Corpe, William A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Polyphosphate bodies; Quantitative analysis; STEM EDX

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INCLUSION BODIES; POLYPHOSPHATES;

EID: 0035232628     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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