Agarose stabilization of fragile biofilms for quantitative structure analysis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-107

  Pittman, Kelly J ^a   Robbins, Chandan M ^a   Osborn, joDi L ^a   Stubblefield, Bryan A ^a   Gilbert, Eric S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biological imaging; Confocal microscopy; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SEPHAROSE;

EID: 77951979337     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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