Quantitative Evaluation of Bacteria Adherent and in Biofilm on Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube-Coated Surfaces
Figure 5
Atomic force microscopy images of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15692 colonizing single wall carbon nanotube-coated glass bead (SWCNT-GB). (a) SWCNT-GB colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15692 after three hours of incubation (adherent bacteria); (b): SWCNT-GB colonization by P. aeruginosa ATCC 15692 after 24 hours of incubation (biofilm); (c) higher magnification of delimited area in (b) showing extracellular matrix between bacterial cells; (d) three-dimensional view of the same area of (c).
