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Visualization of extracellular polymeric substances in Aspergillus niger biofilms using lectin-conjugates and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Aswathy Shailaja ,
Julia Kerrigan ,
Terri Bruce  and
Patrick Gerard
Aswathy Shailaja
Affiliation:
Clemson University, Central, South Carolina, United States
Julia Kerrigan
Affiliation:
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States
Terri Bruce
Affiliation:
Clemson University, South Carolina, United States
Patrick Gerard
Affiliation:
Clemson University, United States

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Challenges and Advances in Electron Microscopy Research and Diagnosis of Diseases in Humans, Plants and Animals (FIG associated)
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 27 , Supplement S1 , August 2021 , pp. 1900 - 1901
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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