Cytochemical colocalization and quantitation of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics in individual bacterial cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1873-1879

  Whiteley, Andrew S ^a   O'Donnell, Anthony G ^a   Macnaughton, Sarah J ^a   Barer, Michael R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RNA PROBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0029890423     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1873-1879.1996     Document Type: Article

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