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Abbildung mikrobieller Zelloberflächen

Mikroskopie

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Visualizing the microbial cell surface by microscopy has been and still is a challenge. Fluorescence light-optical methods locate structures with accuracy in the lower nanometer range, scanning force microscopes record corrugations with angstrom sensitivity, and electron microscopy provides near atomic resolution of protein complexes. But if the surface of intact cells is to be investigated we are limited by several restrictions. What can microscopy achieve and which method is promising?

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany

    Harald Engelhardt

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Molekulare Strukturbiologie, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany

    Harald Engelhardt

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Harald Engelhardt Jahrgang 1950. Biologiestudium und Promotion in Bonn. 1981–1982 Postdoc an der Universität Düsseldorf, ab 1983 am Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried. Seit 1988 Leiter der Gruppe Mikrobielle Membran- und Zellwandproteine in der Abteilung Strukturbiologie.

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Engelhardt, H. Abbildung mikrobieller Zelloberflächen. Biospektrum 20, 154–157 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-014-0421-6

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