Flow cytometric discrimination of bacterial populations in seawater based on SYTO 13 staining of nucleic acids

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-330

  Troussellier, Marc ^a   Courties, Claude ^b   Lebaron, Philippe ^c   Servais, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Flow cytometry; Marine bacterial population; SYTO 13

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE; NUCLEIC ACID; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; DYNAMICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAINING;

EID: 0032814029     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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