In situ techniques and digital image analysis methods for quantifying spatial localization patterns of nitrifiers and other microorganisms in biofilm and flocs

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2011, Pages 185-215

  Daims, Holger ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biofilm; digital image analysis; FISH; nitrification; spatial localization

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79955498635     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386489-5.00008-7     Document Type: Chapter

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