Application of AFM in microbiology: A review

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Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-73

  Liu, Shaoyang ^a   Wang, Yifen ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Force distance curve; Microbiology; Tip modification; Topography

Indexed keywords

AFM; CELLULAR LEVELS; FORCE-DISTANCE CURVES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; TECHNIQUES USED; TIP MODIFICATION;

ATOMS; MICROORGANISMS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

CHITOSAN; CONCANAVALIN A; FERRICYANIDE; LECTIN;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDIPHILIUM ACIDOPHILUM; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER VENETIANUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOFILM; BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM CASEI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SACCHAROMYCES CARLSBERGENSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956161111     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20173     Document Type: Review

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