Preservation and preparation of lignocellulosic biomass samples for multi-scale microscopy analysis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 908, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-47

  Donohoe, Bryon S ^a   Ciesielski, Peter N ^a   Vinzant, Todd B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass surface characterization; Cryo preservation; Electron tomography; FE SEM; Plant cell walls; TEM

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLANT;

ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGNIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROWAVES; PLANTS;

EID: 84864829812     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-956-3_4     Document Type: Article

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