Are the actively respiring cells (CTC+) those responsible for bacterial production in aquatic environments?

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-179

  Servais, Pierre ^b   Agogué, Hélène ^a,b   Courties, Claude ^a,b   Joux, Fabien ^a,b   Lebaron, Philippe ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5 Cyano 2,3 ditolyl tetrazolium chloride; Bacterial activity; Cell sorting; Flow cytometry; Leucine incorporation; Respiratory activity

Indexed keywords

5 CYANO 2,3 DITOLYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; DYE; LEUCINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SELECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOSYSTEM; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAINING; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035073753     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(01)00089-7     Document Type: Article

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