Fluorescent probes and flow cytometry: New insights into environmental bacteriology

Cytometry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-96

  Porter, Jonathan ^a   Deere, Daniel ^a   Pickup, Roger ^b   Edwards, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell sorting; Environmental bacteria; Specific identification; Viability assessment

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

BACTERIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030064429     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960201)23:2<91::AID-CYTO1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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