Application of flow cytometry and fluorescent in situ hybridization for assessment of exposures to airborne bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1557-1563

  Lange, Jeffrey L ^a   Thorne, Peter S ^a   Lynch, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUS SCROFA;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BACTERIA; ENUMERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0030613333     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1557-1563.1997     Document Type: Article

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