Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope

这项提案要求获得资金以获得扫描电子显微镜。六名调查员将组成主要用户组。拟议的项目包括以下项目。细菌细胞附着在生物表面、硫化矿石、氧化锰和粘土上的特征。EDAX将用于研究锰在热液喷口细菌中的分布。另一个项目将使用该仪器研究眼睛晶状体形状和负责形状变化的肌肉之间的几何关系。最后一个项目将调查共生细菌Anabaena azollae被接种到其宿主水蕨类植物Azolla中的机制。

This proposal requests funds to obtain a scanning electron microscope. Six investigators will comprise the main user group. The projects proposed include the following. Characterization of the manner by which bacterial cells attach to biological surfaces, sulfide ores, manganese oxide and clays. EDAX will be utilized to study the distribution of manganese in hydrothermal vent bacteria. Another project will use the instrument to study the geometrical relationship between eye lens shape and the muscles responsible for shape changes. A final project will investigate the mechanism by which the symbiotic bacterium Anabaena azollae is inoculated into its host water fern, Azolla.