Stone formation and calcification by nanobacteria in human body

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 105-111

  Çiftçioglu, Neva ^a   Björklund, Mikael ^a   Kajander, E Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apatite; Biomineralization; Calcification; Nannobacteria; Nanobacteria; Stone formation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BIOMINERALIZATION; HUMAN BODY; MACROMOLECULLAR EXTRACELLULARMATRICES; NANOBACTERIA;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 5344230530     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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