A New Approach to Determine the Genetic Diversity of Viable and Active Bacteria in Aquatic Ecosystems

Cytometry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 314-321

  Bernard, Laetitia ^a   Courties, Claude ^a   Duperray, Christophe ^b   Schäfer, Hendrik ^c   Muyzer, Gerard ^c   Lebaron, Philippe ^a,d  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic bacteria; Cell sorting; Genetic diversity; Physiological state

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEM CELL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEAWATER; STEM CELLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0041326415     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0320(20010401)43:4<314::AID-CYTO1064>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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