Modular spectral imaging system for discrimination of pigments in cells and microbial communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 758-771

  Polerecky, Lubos ^a   Bissett, Andrew ^a   Al Najjar, Mohammad ^a   Faerber, Paul ^a   Osmers, Harald ^a   Suci, Peter A ^b   Stoodley, Paul ^c   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SIGNALS; AUTO-FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; HYPER-SPECTRAL DATUM; IN CELLS; IN-VIVO; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; LIVING CELLS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ECOLOGIES; MICROBIAL MATS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MONITORING CHANGES; PIGMENT IDENTIFICATIONS; RAPID MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE QUANTIFICATIONS; SINGLE-CELL LEVELS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATIONS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERICS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PAINT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYTOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PIGMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 59649083470     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00819-08     Document Type: Article

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