Absorption coefficient imaging by near-field scanning optical microscopy in bacteria

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3005-3008

  De Paula, Ana M ^a   Chaves, Claudilene R ^a   Silva, Haroldo B ^a   Weber, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DYES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL TRANSMISSION INTENSITY;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038209524     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003005     Document Type: Article

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