Rapid detection and enumeration of Naegleria fowleri in surface waters by solid-phase cytometry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3102-3107

  Pougnard, Claire ^a   Catala, Philippe ^a   Drocourt, Jean Louis ^a   Legastelois, Stephane ^a   Pernin, Pierre ^a   Pringuez, Emmanuelle ^a   Lebaron, Philippe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ASSAYS; ENZYMES; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES; SURFACE WATERS;

SURFACE ENVIRONMENTAL WATER;

BACTERIA;

BIOTIN; CYANINE DYE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AC5D12; PHYCOERYTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DETECTION METHOD; PATHOGEN; SURFACE WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYTOMETRY; FILTRATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036268953     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.6.3102-3107.2002     Document Type: Article

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