Use of semiconductor quantum dots for photostable immunofluorescence labeling of Cryptosporidium parvum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5732-5736

  Lee, Lai Yoke ^a   Ong, Say Leong ^a   Hu, Jiang Yong ^a   Ng, Wun Jern ^a   Feng, Yaoyu ^a   Tan, Xiaolan ^a   Wong, Shih Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (MAB);

MICROBIOLOGY;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STREPTAVIDIN;

DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; PATHOGEN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUGATION; CONSUMER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHOTODEGRADATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; OOCYSTS; PHOTOBLEACHING; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STREPTAVIDIN; WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; PROTOZOA;

EID: 8144227940     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.5732-5736.2004     Document Type: Article

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