Flow sorting of marine bacterioplankton after fluorescence in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 6210-6219

  Sekar, Raju ^a   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SORTING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION;

CELLS; DEPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; RNA;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CATALYZED FLUORESCENT REPORTER DEPOSITION; CELL SELECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GERMANY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANKTON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; NITROSOSPIRA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 8144222448     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6210-6219.2004     Document Type: Article

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