Wet-surface-enhanced ellipsometric contrast microscopy identifies slime as a major adhesion factor during bacterial surface motility

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 10036-10041

  Ducret, Adrien ^a   Valignat, Marie Pierre ^b   Mouhamar, Fabrice ^a   Mignot, Tâm ^a   Theodoly, Olivier ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Aix Marseille University Luminy Campus   (France)

Author keywords

Label free imaging; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

NANOFILM; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL MOTILITY; ELLIPSOMETRY; EUKARYOTE; MICROSCOPY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SLIME SECRETION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; WET SURFACE ENHANCED ELLIPSOMETRY CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT DYES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84862572353     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120979109     Document Type: Article

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