Coupling bacterial activity measurements with cell sorting by flow cytometry

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-189

  Servais, P ^a   Courties, C ^b   Lebaron, P ^c   Troussellier, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b France   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032884001     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900160     Document Type: Article

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