Flow cytometric identification and enumeration of photosynthetic sulfur bacteria and potential for ecophysiological studies at the single-cell level

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1969-1985

  Casamayor, Emilio O ^a   Ferrera, Isabel ^a,d   Cristina, Xavier ^b   Borrego, Carles M ^b   Gasol, Josep M ^c  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; KINETICS; SPAIN; SULFIDES; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI;

EID: 34447325683     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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