Bromodeoxyuridine as an alternative to 3H-thymidine for measuring bacterial productivity in aquatic samples

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Steward, Grieg F ^a,b   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Bromodeoxyuridine; Immunoassay; Method; Non radioactive; Tritiated thymidine

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SYSTEM; BROXURIDINE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE; THYMIDINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033530096     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame019057     Document Type: Article

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