Cationic hydrous thorium dioxide colloids - A useful tool for staining negatively charged surface matrices of bacteria for use in energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^a   Kristen, Ingeborg ^a   Barth, Elke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ACID GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; ALCIAN BLUE; ANION; BIOPOLYMER; CATION; LYSINE; RUTHENIUM RED; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL WALL; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINING; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33746479648     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-59     Document Type: Article

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