Recovery and quantification of bacterial cells associated with streambed sediments

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-243

  Amalfitano, Stefano ^a   Fazi, Stefano ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cell quantification; Streambed sediments

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; IOHEXOL; LEUCINE; POLYSORBATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BENTHOS; CELL SUSPENSION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); ULTRASOUND;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DIPHOSPHATES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYSORBATES; SONICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 50549085647     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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