A novel approach for high throughput cultivation assays and the isolation of planktonic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-171

  Bruns, Alke ^a   Hoffelner, Herbert ^b   Overmann, Jörg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Cultivation; Culturability; Most probable number technique

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROPIPETTE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0038784800     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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