Development and validation of an automated, microscopy-based method for enumeration of groups of intestinal bacteria

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-221

  Jansen, G J ^a   Wildeboer Veloo, A C M ^a   Tonk, R H J ^a   Franks, A H ^a   Welling, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gut microflora; Image analysis; Microscopic counting; Quantimet 600; Whole cell hybridisation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES; CAMERA; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINOCOCCUS; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ULTRAVIOLET; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES SP.; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; PREVOTELLA; RUMINOCOCCUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0032782895     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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