Effect of nucleic acid stain Syto9 on nascent biofilm architecture of Acinetobacter sp. BD413

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 195-202

  GrayMerod, R ^a   Hendrickx, L ^b   Mueller, Lucas N ^c   Xavier, J B ^d   Wuertz, S ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Biofilm architecture; CLSM; Flow cell; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POROSITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ACINETOBACTER; BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); FLOW CELL;

BIOFILMS;

NUCLEIC ACID;

BIOFILM;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLOW KINETICS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING; SYTO9 STAINING;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28244460209     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0201     Document Type: Article

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