Volumetric measurements of bacterial cells and extracellular polymeric substance glycoconjugates in biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 585-592

  Staudt, C ^a,c   Horn, H ^b   Hempel, D C ^c   Neu, T R ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Laser scanning microscopy; Lectin

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIAL CELLS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

BACTERIA;

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALEURIA AURANTIA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DRY MASS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GRAVIMETRY; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOFILMS; CELL SIZE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLYCOCONJUGATES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SEWAGE;

ALEURIA AURANTIA; ALEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 10644238864     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20241     Document Type: Article

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