Morphologic variations in bacteria under stress conditions: Near-field optical studies

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Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 274-283

  Cefali E ^a,b   Patanè, Salvatore ^a,b   Arena, A ^a,b   Saitta, G ^a,b   Guglielmino, S ^a   Cappello, S ^a   Nicolo M ^a   Allegrini, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Near field optical microscopy; Stress induced morphology variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS;

MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STARVATION; STRESS;

EID: 0036867012     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950240601     Document Type: Article

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