Analysis of a marine phototrophic biofilm by confocal laser scanning microscopy using the new image quantification software PHLIP

BMC Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-15

  Mueller, Lukas N ^a,b   De Brouwer, Jody F C ^c   Almeida, Jonas S ^b,d   Stal, Lucas J ^e   Xavier, João B ^f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOTROPISM;

BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOTROPISM; SOFTWARE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32044442967     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-6-1     Document Type: Article

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