Development and field application of a quantitative method for examining natural assemblages of protists with oligonucleotide probes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1416-1423

  Lim, E L ^a   Caron, D A ^a   Delong, E F ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029974564     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1416-1423.1996     Document Type: Article

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