A high-throughput capillary assay for bacterial chemotaxis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 315-319

  Bainer, Russell ^a   Park, Heungwon ^a   Cluzel, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary; Chemotaxis; E. coli

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0142091761     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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