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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513323

Entities

People

  • A. Luttge
  • C. A. Sturm
  • D. G. Cvitkovitch
  • F. E. Udwadia
  • Kenneth H. Nealson
  • L. Hsu
  • M. S. Waters
  • M. Y. El-naggar
  • S. D. Goodman

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Bacteria
  • California
  • Computational Biology
  • Corrosion
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Refractive Index
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology