Imaging hydrated microbial extracellular polymers: Comparative analysis by electron microscopy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1254-1262

  Dohnalkova, Alice C ^a   Marshall, Matthew J ^b   Arey, Bruce W ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^c   Buck, Edgar C ^b   Fredrickson, James K ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EXTRA CELLULAR POLYMERS; GEOSPHERES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IN-SITU; METAL INTERACTIONS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; POLYMER COLLAPSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HYDRATION;

POLYMERS;

METAL; MINERAL; POLYMER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEWANELLA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DEHYDRATION; METALS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINERALS; POLYMERS; SHEWANELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953191140     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02001-10     Document Type: Article

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