Community-level physiological profiling performed with an oxygen-sensitive fluorophore in a microtiter plate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2994-2998

  Garland, Jay L ^b   Roberts, Michael S ^b   Levine, Lanfang H ^b   Mills, Aaron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SALTS; WELLS;

FLUOROPHORES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; LITTER; MICROBIOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; FLUOROMETRY; HYDROPONICS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SALT MARSH;

NASA CENTER KSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROPONICS; OXYGEN; TRITICUM;

EID: 0037882254     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2994-2998.2003     Document Type: Article

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