50 Hz magnetic field effect on the morphology of bacteria

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 918-922

  Fojt, Lukáš ^a   Klapetek, Petr ^b   Strašák, Luděk ^a   Vetterl, Vladimír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

AFM; Bacteria; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

AFM; ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY; BACTERIAL STRAINS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; SPHERES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETISM; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 69249212252     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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