A novel method for exploring elemental composition of microbial communities: Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry of intact bacterial colonies

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-335

  Latimer, Joe ^a   Stokes, Sarah L ^a   Graham, Alison I ^a   Bunch, Josephine ^a   Jackson, Rachel J ^a   McLeod, Cameron W ^a   Poole, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonies; Biofilms; ICPMS; Laser ablation; Metal analyses

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROPORE FILTERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NYLONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70449707098     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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