Corrigendum to An alternative SEM drying method using hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) for microbial cell attachment studies on sub-bituminous coal [J. Microbiol. Methods 90 (2012) 96-99] DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.04.014;An alternative SEM drying method using hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) for microbial cell attachment studies on sub-bituminous coal

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-99

  Hazrin Chong, Nur Hazlin ^a   Manefield, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cell attachment; Hexamethyldisilizane; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Sub bituminous coal

Indexed keywords

COAL; GLUCOSE; HEXAMETHYLDISILOXANE; SUB BITUMINOUS COAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SHRINKAGE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CYTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY DRYING METHOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84861753066     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.01.006     Document Type: Erratum

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