MAR-FISH-An Ecophysiological Approach to Link Phylogenetic Affiliation and in Situ Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms at a Single-Cell Resolution

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-98

  Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Kindaichi, Tomonori ^a   Ito, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

in situ activity; microautoradiography combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (MAR FISH); microbial community; microsensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746591373     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.83     Document Type: Article

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