Combined microautoradiography-16S rRNA probe technique for determination of radioisotope uptake by specific microbial cell types in situ

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1746-1752

  Ouverney, Cleber C ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ASTEROIDEA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032958213     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1746-1752.1999     Document Type: Article

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