In situ analysis of nucleic acids in cold-induced nonculturable Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2754-2758

  Weichart, Dieter ^a   Mcdougald, Diane ^b   Jacobs, Daniel ^b   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; DNA STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA STRUCTURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0030814449     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2754-2758.1997     Document Type: Article

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