Ethambutol-induced alterations in Mycobacterium bovis BCG imaged by atomic force microscopy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-197

  Verbelen, Claire ^a   Dupres, Vincent ^a   Menozzi, Franco D ^b   Raze, Dominique ^b   Baulard, Alain R ^b   Hols, Pascal ^a   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cell imaging; Ethambutol; Mycobacterium bovis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CELL WALL; ETHAMBUTOL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 33750305347     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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