Counting and size classification of active soil bacteria by fluorescence in situ hybridization with an rRNA oligonucleotide probe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1753-1761

  Christensen, Henrik ^a   Hansen, Michael ^a   Sørensen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032941406     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1753-1761.1999     Document Type: Article

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