Novel method for screening bacterial colonies for phosphatase activity

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Van Ommen Kloeke, Fintan ^a   Baty III, Ace M ^a   Eastburn, Callie C ^a   Diwu, Zhenjun ^b   Geesey, Gill G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge bacteria; Fluorescence assay; Phosphatase enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHATASE; QUINAZOLINONE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; QUINAZOLINES; QUINAZOLINONES; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032823857     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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