title: Mycobacterium under AFM tip: Advantages of polyelectrolyte modified substrate.
abstract: Immobilization of bacterial cells onto surfaces is critical for imaging with an atomic force microscope. In this paper, polyethylenimine (PEI) coated silicon plates are shown to be suitable for immobilizing and imaging Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemistry of New Materials, Belarus National Academy of Sciences, F. Skoriny 36, 220141 Minsk, Belarus; The Republican Research and Practical Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Filimonova 23, Minsk, Belarus. Electronic address: zhavnerko@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Genady
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhavnerko
authors.affiliation: The Republican Research and Practical Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Filimonova 23, Minsk, Belarus.
authors.forename: Nikolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikolaevich Poleschuyk
keywords: AFM; Bacteria; Mutated forms; Mycobacterium tuberculosis