Imaging and analysis of Bacillus anthracis spore germination

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 307-311

  Zaman, Mohd Saif ^a   Goyal, Anita ^a   Dubey, Gyanendea Prakash ^a   Gupta, Pradeep K ^a   Chandra, Harish ^a   Das, Taposh K ^b   Ganguli, Munia ^a   Singh, Yogendra ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Bacillus anthracis; Spore germination; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CULTIVATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; FORCE TRANSMISSION; INTERNAL CHANGES; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

GERMINATION;

ALANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; GERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 22244436255     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20174     Document Type: Article

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