A new in vivo fluorimetric technique to measure growth of adhering phototrophic microorganisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Karsten, Ulf ^a,b   Klimant, Ingo ^a   Holst, Gerhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUOROMETRY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030049030     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.237-243.1996     Document Type: Article

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