BASIC program for reduction of data from community-level physiological profiling using Biolog microplates: Rationale and critical interpretation of data

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-220

  O'Connell, Seán ^a,b   Lawson, Robert D ^a,b   Watwood, Mary E ^b   Lehman, R M ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

BASIC; Biolog; Community level; Data reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; GROWTH CURVE; INOCULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034093657     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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