Flow sorting of microorganisms for molecular analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4223-4231

  Wallner, Günter ^a,d   Fuchs, Bernhard ^b   Spring, Stefan ^c   Beisker, Wolfgang ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW SORTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; DNA CONTENT; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACTION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

EID: 0030678621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4223-4231.1997     Document Type: Article

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