Determination of active marine bacterioplankton: A comparison of universal 16S rRNA probes, autoradiography, and nucleoid staining

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1208-1213

  Karner, Markus ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; WATER SAMPLING;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NANNOPLANKTON; NANOPLANKTON; NUMBERS;

EID: 0030620894     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1208-1213.1997     Document Type: Article

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