Mapping the speciation of iron in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8766-8772

  Hunter, Ryan C ^a,c,d   Hitchcock, Adam P ^b,c   Dynes, James J ^b,c   Obst, Martin ^b,c   Beveridge, Terry J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Networks of Centres of Excellence   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; SCANNING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

ABSORPTION EDGES; AERUGINOSA; ANAEROBIC GROWTHS; CELL SURFACES; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACES; IMAGE SEQUENCES; IRON REDUCTIONS; IRON SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE MAPPINGS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

IRON;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOMINERALIZATION; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION X RAY MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; FREEZE DRYING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IRON; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 57449120708     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801642z     Document Type: Article

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