原子力显微镜在微生物学领域的应用

THE APPLICATION OF ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IN MICROBIOLOGY

原子力显微镜是揭示微生物表面结构及其与功能相关性的一种新的有力的工具 ,它具有比传统电子显微镜更高的放大倍数和极高的分辨率 ,能对从原子到分子尺度的结构进行三维成像和测量 ,并且可以在生理条件下实时进行。因此 ,原子力显微镜越来越多地应用到微生物学的各个方面 ,并且取得了许多令人鼓舞的结果。

Atomic force microscopy is a powerful new tool to investigate the structure and measure the relationship between structure of surfaces and functions in microorganisms. Comparing with conventional electron microscope, atomic force microscope has higher resolution and can image real-time structures from atomic to molecular scale in three-dimensional mode under physiological condition. Therefore, atomic force microscope is being used in almost every aspect of microbiology and has gotten many exciting findings.