Flow cytometric analysis of characteristics of hybridization of species- specific fluorescent oligonucleotide probes to rRNA of marine nanoflagellates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 938-944

  Rice, Jason ^a   Sleigh, Michael A ^a   Burkill, Peter H ^b   Tarran, Glen A ^b   O'Connor, C David ^a   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIZE; DNA PROBE; ECOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARAPHYSOMONAS IMPERFORATA; PARAPHYSOMONAS VESTITA; PROTOZOA; PTERIDOMONAS DANICA;

EID: 0031025872     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.938-944.1997     Document Type: Article

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