Counting and imaging bacteria on mineral surfaces

CMS Workshop Lectures

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 37-78

  Bennett, Philip C ^a   Engel, Annette Summers ^b   Roberts, Jennifer A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; IMAGING METHOD; MINERAL;

EID: 33847213007     PISSN: 1521740X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1346/cms-wls-14.2     Document Type: Article

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