Separation of bacterial cells by isoelectric focusing, a new method for analysis of complex microbial communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3176-3181

  Jaspers, Elke ^a   Overmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CELL SEPARATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM LIMICOLA; LIMICOLA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0030854454     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3176-3181.1997     Document Type: Article

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