Phloxine B, a versatile bacterial stain

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-265

  Rasooly, Reuven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial stain; Bactericidal; Confocal microscopy; Gram staining; Phloxine B

Indexed keywords

DYE; PHLOXINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; EOSINE I BLUISH; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33846988625     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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