A method differentiating between bacterial adhesiveness and invasiveness in cell culture monolayer.
In order to differentiate between bacterial adhesiveness and invasiveness in cell culture monolayers, a method is reported which enables the same specimen to be examined by both scanning electron microscopy and Nomarski interference contrast microscopy. The source of error made by statistical variation when the two microscopical techniques are used individually is thus avoided.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008857:Microscopy, Interference; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000166:cytology