Gel microdroplet technique leaving microorganisms alive for sorting by flow cytometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Katsuragi, Tohoru ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Nagahiro, Shin'ya ^a   Tani, Yoshiki ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow cytometric cell sorting; Gel microdroplets; Microcolony; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Screening of microorganisms; Thiamin production

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

AGAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROPORE FILTERS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THIAMINE;

EID: 0033801514     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00179-2     Document Type: Article

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