Fixation procedures for flow cytometric analysis of environmental bacteria

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-134

  Gunther S ^a   Hubschmann T ^a   Rudolf, M ^b   Eschenhagen, M ^b   Roske I ^b   Harms, H ^a   Muller S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial DNA; Bacterial stability; Equivalence testing; Fixation procedures; Flow cytometry; Fluorescence techniques; Single cell analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BARIUM CHLORIDE; BISMUTH; COBALT; DNA; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; SODIUM AZIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48749098610     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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