Refining our perception of bacterial surfaces with the atomic force microscope

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3283-3285

  Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2442640318     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3283-3285.2004     Document Type: Note

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