Autofluorescence of live purple bacteria in the near infrared

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Albrecht Buehler, Guenter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0031563763     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1996.3688     Document Type: Article

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