An automated and highly efficient method for counting and measuring fluorescent foci in rod-shaped bacteria

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Nielsen, H J ^a   Hansen, F G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automatic analysis of bacterial properties; chromosome segregation; fluorescent chromosome locations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE;

AUTOMATIC ANALYSE OF BACTERIAL PROPERTY; AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENT CHROMOSOME LOCATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; PHOTO-MICROGRAPHS; PROPERTY; ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA;

CHROMOSOMES;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955763546     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03374.x     Document Type: Article

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