title: Simultaneous interferometric measurement of corrosive or demineralizing bacteria and their mineral interfaces.
abstract: Here, we report simultaneous surface profile measurements of several bacterial species involved in microbially influenced corrosion and their solid-surface interfaces by using vertical scanning interferometry. The capacity to nondestructively quantify microscale topographic changes beneath a single bacterium without its removal offers a unique opportunity to examine in vivo microbe-surface interactions.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, 1050 Childs Way MCB 201B, Los Angeles, California 90089-2910, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: El-Naggar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luttge
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Udwadia
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cvitkovitch
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Nealson
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D003343:Corrosion; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods*; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals