Microbial Cell Surface Analysis

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIAL CELL SURFACES.The Importance of Studying Microbial Cell Surfaces (K. Marshall).Microbial Cell Surface Architecture (I. Hancock).CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL CELL SURFACES BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.Negative Staining (P. Handley).Detection of Cell Surface Carbohydrate Components (P. Handley).The Use of Freeze-Etching and Freeze-Drying to Evaluate Crystalline Cell Surface Layers (S-Layers) (P. Messner&U. Sleytr).Low-Temperature Embedding Techniques for Studying Microbial Cell Sufaces (J. Hobot).Detection of Surface Antigens by Immunogold Labeling (J. Beesley&G. Dougan).PHYSICOCHEMICAL METHODS FOR CHARATERIZATION OF MICROBIAL CELL SURFACES.Chemical Composition of the Microbial Cell Surface by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (P. Rouxhet&M. Genet).Charge Properties of Microbial Cell Surfaces (A. James).Assessment of Microbial Cell Surface Hydrophobicity (H. van der Mei, et al.).EXAMPLES OF MICROBIAL CELL SURFACE STUDIES.Strategies in Experimental Microbial Adhesion Research (R. Doyle).The Relationship between Structural and Physicochemical Surface Properties of Tufted Streptococcus sanguis Strains (H. Busscher, et al.).Cell Surface Properties of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis (P. Gilbert, et al.).Index.