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13 - Experimental Characterisation Techniques

from Part I - Physical Tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Thomas Andrew Waigh
Thomas Andrew Waigh
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University of Manchester
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Describes a range of physical techniques that can be applied to bacterial biophysics including sample culture, flow cytometry, microscopy, photonics, NMR, mass spectrometry and electrophoresis.

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The Physics of Bacteria
From Cells to Biofilms
 , pp. 102 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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