Estimation of the state of the bacterial cell wall by fluorescent in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3059-3062

  Bidnenko, Elena ^a   Mercier, Carine ^b   Tremblay, Josselyne ^b   Tailliez, Patrick ^b   Kulakauskas, Saulius ^b  

^a Lab de Genet Microbienne   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031879633     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3059-3062.1998     Document Type: Article

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