Enumeration of soil bacteria with the green fluorescent nucleic acid dye Sytox green in the presence of soil particles

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Klauth, Peter ^a   Wilhelm, Ralf ^b   Klumpp, Erwin ^a   Poschen, Lothar ^a   Groeneweg, Joost ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Biol Bundesanstalt Braunschweig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; Sytox green; Total counts

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIGITAL COMPUTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING;

EID: 5344274606     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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