Automated immunofluorescence for enumeration of selected taxa in supragingival dental plaque

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 393-402

  Gmür, Rudolf ^a   Guggenheim, Bernhard ^a   Giertsen, Ellin ^b   Thurnheer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Image analysis; Immunofluorescence; Microbial ecology; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTINOMYCES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; VEILLONELLA;

ACTINOMYCES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOMATION; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DENTAL PLAQUE; ECOSYSTEM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 0034304674     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2000.108005393.x     Document Type: Article

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