Application of lyophilization to prepare the nitrifying bacterial biofilm for imaging with scanning electron microscopy

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Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-36

  Karcz, Jagna ^a   Bernas, Tytus ^b,c   Nowak, Agnieszka ^a   Talik, Ewa ^a   Woznica, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

image analysis; lyophilization; nitrifying bacterial biofilm; preparation methods; SEM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL CELLS; COMBINED IMAGING; CRITICAL POINTS; CRYO-SEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SEM; ETHANOL DEHYDRATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GLUTARALDEHYDE CROSS-LINKING; GLUTARALDEHYDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VACUUM; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IN-VACUUM; LOW TEMPERATURES; LYOPHILIZATION; POLYURETHANE FOAM; PREPARATION METHOD; ROPE-LIKE STRUCTURES; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; SEM IMAGING; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

ALDEHYDES; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; ETHANOL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

BIOFILMS;

ALCOHOL; GLUTARALDEHYDE; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL POINT DRYING; CROSS LINKING; DESICCATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FREEZE DRYING; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FREEZE DRYING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRITES; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860400082     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20275     Document Type: Article

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