A Combination of Direct Viable Counting, Fluorescence in situ Hybridization, and Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Expression for Estimating Plasmid Transfer at the Single Cell Level

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-111

  Jorquera, Milko ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Tani, Katsuji ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

direct viable counting; fluorescence in situ hybridization; green fluorescent protein; plasmid transfer; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349971808     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.101     Document Type: Article

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