Estimation of Bacterial Biovolume and Biomass by Scanning Electron Microscopic Image Analysis

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Tani, Katsuji ^a   Chen, Ji Min ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial biomass; Image analysis; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005783887     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.11.11     Document Type: Article

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