A Confocal microscopic study on colony morphology and sporulation of Bacillus sp.

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2435-2442

  Mary, M S ^a   Gopal, Judy ^a   Tata, B V R ^a   Rao, T S ^a   Vincent, S ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus; CLSM; Colony morphology; Hexavalent chromium; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM PLATING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VEGETATION;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SP.; BIOVOLUME; CLSM; COLONY GROWTH; COLONY MORPHOLOGY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CR (VI); FUNCTION OF TIME; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; MICROSCOPIC STUDY; OXIDATION STATES; PHASE VARIATION; PHASE VARIATIONS; SPORE FORMATION; TANNERY EFFLUENTS;

CHROMIUM;

BACILLUS SP.;

EID: 52449126126     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9765-8     Document Type: Article

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