Significance of size and nucleic acid content heterogeneity as measured by flow cytometry in natural planktonic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4475-4483

  Gasol, Josep M ^a   Li Zweifel, Ulla ^b   Peters, Francesc ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^c   Hagström, Åke ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEIC ACID; SIZE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032829065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4475-4483.1999     Document Type: Article

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