Quorum sensing detected by atomic force microscopy imaging of corrals surrounding multicellular arrangement of bacteria

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Teschke, Omar ^a   De Souza, Elizabeth Fátima ^b   Silva Stenico, Maria Estela ^c   Fiore, Marli De Fátima ^c   Etchegaray, Augusto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Atomic force microscopy; Connectivity; Exopolysaccharides (EPS); Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE; METABOLITES; MICA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVITY; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; HYDROPHILICS; MICA PLATES; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; QUORUM-SENSING; SMALL COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; MICA; PROTEIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39449095405     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20530     Document Type: Article

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