Comparison of disruption procedures for enumeration of activated sludge floc bacteria by flow cytometry

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-153

  Falcioni, Tania ^a   Manti, Anita ^a   Boi, Paola ^a   Canonico, Barbara ^a   Balsamo, Maria ^a   Papa, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Flow cytometry; Homogenization; Sonication; Total bacterial count

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIDIUM; SEWAGE; SONICATION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33646482720     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20097     Document Type: Article

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