Laser-based micromanipulation for separation and identification of individual Frankia vesicles

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-100

  Leitz, Guenther ^a,b   Lundberg, Carina ^a   Fällman, Erik ^a   Axner, Ove ^a   Sellstedt, Anita ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Frankia; Laser scalpel; Optical tweezers; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL VACUOLE; FRANKIA; LASER; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SYMBIOSIS;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; FRANKIA;

EID: 0037970790     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00435-X     Document Type: Article

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