Analysis of the ultrastructure of archaea by electron microscopy

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 96, Issue C, 2010, Pages 47-69

  Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Meyer, Carolin ^a   Klingl, Andreas ^a   Gürster, Sonja ^a   Heimerl, Thomas ^a   Wasserburger, Nadine ^a   Burghardt, Tillmann ^a   Küper, Ulf ^a   Bellack, Annett ^a   Schopf, Simone ^a   Wirth, Reinhard ^a   Huber, Harald ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BOOK; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZE ETCHING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FREEZE ETCHING; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEGATIVE STAINING;

EID: 77957006375     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)96003-2     Document Type: Book

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