Use of atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy for correlative studies of bacterial capsules

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5457-5465

  Stukalov, Oleg ^a   Korenevsky, Anton ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^a   Dutcher, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

URANYL ACETATE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBEDDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE DRYING; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS PCA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

EID: 50949087154     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02075-07     Document Type: Article

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