A time-lapse capillary assay to study aerotaxis in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-126

  Boudko, Dmitri ^a   Yu, Hyung Suk ^b   Ruiz, Mandelle ^b   Hou, Shaobin ^b   Alam, Maqsudul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cells; Halobacterium salinarum; Optical density

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

AIR; CAPILLARITY; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOTION; TIME FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0037399608     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00227-0     Document Type: Article

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