Flow cytometry assessment of bacterioplankton in tropical marine environments

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 841-850

  Andrade, L ^a   Gonzalez, A M ^a   Araujo, F V ^a,b   Paranhos, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3H leucine incorporation; Bacterial production; Brazil; Flow cytometry; Guanabara Bay; Southwest Atlantic Ocean; SYTO13

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0242383983     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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