Applicability of a combined staining method with fluorochromes for the visualization of microbial cells in a soil thin section

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 745-750

  Maeda, Chisa ^a,b   Tanaka, Ueru ^b   Sonoda, Masaki ^b   Kosaki, Takashi ^b  

^a Kyoto University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 sulfofluorescein diacetate (SFDA); Combined staining method; Magnesium salt of l anilino 8 naphthalene sulfonic acid (Mg ANS); Microbial cells; Soil thin section

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032744046     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10415839     Document Type: Article

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