Quantification of local water and biomass in wild type PA01 biofilms by Confocal Raman Microspectroscopy

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-152

  Sandt, C ^a   Smith Palmer, T ^a   Pink, J ^a   Pink, D ^a,b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Networks of Centres of Excellence   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Biomass; Confocal Raman Microspectroscopy; Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01; Quantification; Water

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 48749118237     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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