Discriminative detection and enumeration of microbial life in marine subsurface sediments

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-511

  Morono, Yuki ^a   Terada, Takeshi ^b   Masui, Noriaki ^a   Inagaki, Fumio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Life detection; Microbial population; Sub seafloor biosphere

Indexed keywords

HYDROFLUORIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYBR GREEN I;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PERU; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERU; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67349284715     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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