Selective removal of DNA from dead cells of mixed bacterial communities by use of ethidium monoazide

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1997-2004

  Nocker, Andreas ^a   Camper, Anne K ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELS; RNA;

CELL DEBRIS; EMA TREATMENT; ETHIDIUM MONOAZIDE; FINGERPRINTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; DYE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; ETHIDIUM MONOAZIDE BROMIDE; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

AFFINITY LABELS; AZIDES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33644965765     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.1997-2004.2006     Document Type: Article

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