Nanosurgery: Observation of peptidoglycan strands in Lactobacillus helveticus cell walls

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 101, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 105-109

  Firtel, Max ^a   Henderson, Grant ^a   Sokolov, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

87.15.By; 87.16.Gj; 87.64.Dz; Atomic force microscopy; Bacteria; Cell wall; Microscopic methods specifically for biological specimens; Peptidoglycan; Surface manipulation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURGERY;

CELL WALL; INTERNAL CELL WALL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIA;

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; LACTOBACILLUS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SURGERY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 4644239302     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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