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. 1976 Feb;31(2):313–315. doi: 10.1128/aem.31.2.313-315.1976

Improved Specimen Coating Technique for Scanning Electron Microscope Observation of Decomposer Microorganisms 1

Sidney Draggan 1
PMCID: PMC169765  PMID: 16345150

Abstract

Sputter coating of leaf litter microbe samples provides scanning electron microscope images with greater information content than either vacuum evaporation of thin metal coatings or tissue conductance.

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