A technique to quantify the population size and composition of the biofilm component in communities of bacteria in the phyllosphere

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4789-4795

  Morris, Cindy E ^a   Monier, Jean Michel ^a,b   Jacques, Marie Agnès ^a,c  

^a INRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PHYLLOSPHERE; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; STRESS; TAXONOMY; ULTRASOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 0031794324     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4789-4795.1998     Document Type: Article

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