Structural and spatial associations between Fe, O, and C in the network structure of the Leptothrix ochracea sheath surface

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7873-7875

  Suzuki, Tomoko ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Ishihara, Hiromichi ^a   Kasai, Tomonari ^a   Kunoh, Hitoshi ^a   Takada, Jun ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTOTHRIX; NETWORK STRUCTURES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBON; IRON; OXYGEN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; COATING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GALLIONELLACEAE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEPTOTHRIX; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON; GALLIONELLACEAE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; LEPTOTHRIX; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANELLES; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS;

EID: 83155189233     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06003-11     Document Type: Article

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