Detection of cell viability in cultures of hyperthermophiles

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-14

  Beck, Petra ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

esterase substrate fluorescent dye; fluorescence microscopy; hyperthermophile; laser microscope; membrane potential sensitive dye; viability

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0031105429     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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