Strategy to obtain axenic cultures from field-collected samples of the cyanobacterium Phormidium animalis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Vázquez Martínez, Guadalupe ^a,b   Rodriguez, Mario H ^c   Hernández Hernández, Fidel ^b   Ibarra, Jorge E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Axenic cultures; Filamentous cyanobacteria; Mosquito food sources; Phormidium animalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; LIQUID CULTURE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PHORMIDIUM ANIMALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; ULTRASOUND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CENTRIFUGATION; CYANOBACTERIA; FILTRATION; SONICATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; LURIA; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM ANIMALIS;

EID: 1542285219     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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