Viability of endolithic micro-organisms in rocks from the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica established by confocal and fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Wierzchos, Jacek ^a   De Los Rios A ^b   Sancho, L G ^c   Ascaso, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Confocal microscopy; Endolithic micro organisms; Fluorescence; Live dead assay; Viability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ANTARCTICA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEAD ASSAYS; ENDOLITHIC MICRO-ORGANISM; LIVE/DEAD ASSAY; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIAL COLONY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; VIABILITY;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS; LICHENS; MICROHABITAT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 4744372506     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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