Flow cytometry in molecular aquatic ecology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 401, Issue , 1999, Pages 33-53

  Collier, J L ^a   Campbell, L ^b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Fluorescent whole cell hybridization; Immunofluorescence; Microbial ecology; Probes

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AUTECOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY;

EID: 0033133481     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4201-4_4     Document Type: Article

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