Confocal imaging of in situ natural microbial communities and their extracellular polymeric secretions using Nanoplast® resin

BioTechniques

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1246-1252

  Decho, Alan W ^a   Kawaguchi, Tomohiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL SECRETION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CONCANAVALIN A; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SEAWATER; TRIAZINES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032785050     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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