Double-stranded DNA measurement in lakes with the fluorescent stain PicoGreen and the application to bacterial bioassays

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-74

  Cotner, James B ^a   Ogdahl, Megan L ^a   Biddanda, Bopaiah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bacterial growth rate; Bioassay; Biomass; DsDNA; PicoGreen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035839320     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame025065     Document Type: Article

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