Replica technique for screening poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid)-producing bacteria by Nile blue staining

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Takagi, Yasuo ^a   Yamane, Tsuneo ^b  

^a NAGOYA MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

colony screening; Nile blue staining; poly(3 hydroxyalkanoate)

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS FIBERS; MEMBRANES; POLYESTERS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGAR; COLOR STAINING; FILTER PAPERS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; REPLICA TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA;

ALKANOIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; STAINING; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES LATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031055915     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)87340-0     Document Type: Article

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