Articles by Ninell Pollas Mortensen in JoVE

Bacterial Immobilization for Imaging by Atomic Force Microscopy

JoVE 2880 8/10/2011

David P. Allison^1,2, Claretta J. Sullivan³, Ninell Pollas Mortensen^1,2, Scott T. Retterer^1,4, Mitchel Doktycz^1,4

¹Biological and Nanoscale Systems Group, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ²Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, ³Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, ⁴Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Live Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria can be immobilized on gelatin-coated mica and imaged in liquid using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).