High resolution FESEM and TEM reveal bacterial spore attachment

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-266

  Panessa Warren, Barbara J ^a   Tortora, George T ^b,c   Warren, John B ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium and Bacillus spores; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Human cells; Spore attachment; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLASS; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GLASS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRYPSIN;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 34547188133     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927607070651     Document Type: Article

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