An investigation of hydroethidine as a fluorescent vital stain for prokaryotes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 173-182

  Swannell, R P J ^a   Caplin, R ^a   Nedwell, D B ^a   Williamson, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity stain; Ethidium Bromide; Fluorescence microscopy; Microbial viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0026760725     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90813-4     Document Type: Article

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