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Simultaneous interferometric measurement of corrosive or demineralizing bacteria and their mineral interfaces.

ABSTRACT: Here, we report simultaneous surface profile measurements of several bacterial species involved in microbially influenced corrosion and their solid-surface interfaces by using vertical scanning interferometry. The capacity to nondestructively quantify microscale topographic changes beneath a single bacterium without its removal offers a unique opportunity to examine in vivo microbe-surface interactions.

SUBMITTER: Waters MS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2648148 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Simultaneous interferometric measurement of corrosive or demineralizing bacteria and their mineral interfaces.

Waters M S MS El-Naggar M Y MY Hsu L L Sturm C A CA Luttge A A Udwadia F E FE Cvitkovitch D G DG Goodman S D SD Nealson K H KH

Applied and environmental microbiology 20090105 5

Here, we report simultaneous surface profile measurements of several bacterial species involved in microbially influenced corrosion and their solid-surface interfaces by using vertical scanning interferometry. The capacity to nondestructively quantify microscale topographic changes beneath a single bacterium without its removal offers a unique opportunity to examine in vivo microbe-surface interactions. ...[more]

PMID: 19124590

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