Selective adhesion of extremophiles for scanning electron microscopy

被引:1
作者
Bizzoco, RLW [1 ]
Bass, R [1 ]
Vuong, TI [1 ]
Vahl, JB [1 ]
Hoang, CL [1 ]
Diaz, MM [1 ]
机构
[1] San Diego State Univ, Dept Biol, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
关键词
binding; extremophile; microorganism; polyethyleneimine; scanning microscopy;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00157-X
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-coated slides were used for attachment of unknown extremophiles and their cultures grown at high temperature and low pH. Selective adhesion of cells in natural samples and cultural isolates was compared to polylysine (PL) and several other coatings. PEI is superior to PL for adhesion of extremophiles. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:787 / 790
页数:4
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