Laboratory maintenance of Bdellovibrio

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 9, 2008, Pages

  Lambert, Carey ^a   Socket, R Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus; Host independent growth; Luminescence assay; Plaque assay; Predator prey interactions; Storage of cultures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BDELLOVIBRIO; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; HOST CELL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WILD TYPE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BDELLOVIBRIO; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53449097083     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc07b02s9     Document Type: Review

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