Rapid and quantitative detection of Legionella pneumophila applying immunomagnetic separation and flow cytometry

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-274

  Füchslin, Hans Peter ^a   Kötzsch, Stefan ^a   Keserue, Hans Anton ^a,b   Egli, Thomas ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Flow cytometry; Immunodetection; Immunomagnetic separation; Legionella spp.; Microbeads

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALEXA 350; ANTIBODY; BUFFER; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MICROSPHERE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANTIBODIES; BUFFERS; CALIBRATION; CHROMONES; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77649142015     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20858     Document Type: Article

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