Image cytometric method for quantifying the relative amount of DNA in bacterial nucleoids using Escherichia coli

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Vischer, N O E ^a   Huls, P G ^a   Ghauharali, R I ^a   Brakenhoff, G J ^a   Nanninga, N ^a   Woldringh, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DAPI labelling; E. coli nucleoid; Flow cytometry; Image cytometry; Quantitative fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

DAPI-LABELING; DNA CONTENT; E COLI NUCLEOID; E. COLI; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; LABELINGS; NUCLEOIDS; QUANTITATIVE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032836255     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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