Application of the novel nucleic acid dyes YOYO-1, YO-PRO-1, and PicoGreen for flow cytometric analysis of marine prokaryotes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1649-1655

  Marie, Dominique ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^a   Partensky, Frédéric ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029883988     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1649-1655.1996     Document Type: Article

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