The use of blue-excitable nucleic-acid dyes for the detection of bacteria in well water using a simple field fluorometer and a flow cytometer

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 143-153

  Stopa, Peter J ^a   Mastromanolis, Sherry A ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow Cytometry; Nucleic acid specific dyes; Water analysis; YOPRO 1; YOYO 1

Indexed keywords

CORIPHOSPHINE; DYE; NUCLEIC ACID DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN; TITRIMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; COLORING AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AMBROSIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035013977     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00252-4     Document Type: Article

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