Characterization of bacterial spore germination using integrated phase contrast microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and optical tweezers.

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Published in Anal Chem on May 01, 2010

Authors

Lingbo Kong1, Pengfei Zhang, Peter Setlow, Yong-Qing Li

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1: Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353, USA.

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