Bacteria-clay interactions investigated by light scattering and phase contrast microscopy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6094, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alimova, Alexandra ^a   Block, Karin ^a   Rudolph, Elizabeth ^a   Katz, A ^a   Steiner, J C ^a   Gottlieb, P ^b   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Bacteria detection; Bioslime; Light scattering; Smectite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA DETECTION; BIOSLIME; CLAY PARTICLES; SMECTITE;

AEROSOLS; AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PH;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 33745295168     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.648042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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