Novel combination of atomic force microscopy and epifluorescence microscopy for visualization of leaching bacteria on pyrite

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 410-415

  Mangold, Stefanie ^a,b   Harneit, Kerstin ^a   Rohwerder, Thore ^a   Claus, Günter ^b   Sand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MANNHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILMS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEACHING; PYRITES; VISUALIZATION;

BACTERIAL EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METAL SULFIDES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; FLUORESCENCE; LEACHING; PYRITE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; BIOLEACHING; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFIDES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38349101591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01812-07     Document Type: Article

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