Flow cytometric discrimination between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 69-V and Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134 by fluorescently labelled rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and DNA staining

Acta Biotechnologica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-38

  Herrmann, C ^a   Losche A ^b   Muller S ^b   Bley, Th ^c   Babel, W ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CELL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0343683421     PISSN: 01384988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/abio.370170103     Document Type: Article

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